Calamphoreus [SEP] parent taxon
Calamphoreus
Calamphoreus inflatus is the only species of the flowering plant genus Calamphoreus in the family Scrophulariaceae. It is a shrub, formerly known as "Eremophila inflata" but unlike eremophilas, this species has twisted stamens and an urn-shaped petal tube which remains attached to the fruits after flowering.
Description.
"Calamphoreus inflatus" is a shrub sometimes growing to a height of and spreading to wide with branches that are slightly sticky when young. The leaves are arranged alternately, mostly long, wide, thick, sticky
There are 4 short stamens with twisted or curved filaments. Flowering occurs mainly in summer and is followed by densely hairy, oval-shaped fruits about long with the dried petal tube remaining on the outside.
Taxonomy and naming.
"Calamphoreus inflatus" was first formally described in 1942 by Charles Gardner in "Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia" as "Eremophila inflata" from a specimen collected in the Coolgardie district near Mount Holland and Lake Cronin. The genus name ("Calamphoreus") is from the