Quoya atriplicina

Quoya atriplicina, commonly known as saltbush foxglove, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of hairs, giving them a greyish appearance. The leaves are broad-elliptic to almost circular in shape and the tube-shaped flowers are pink with purple spots inside.

Saltbush foxglove
Quoya atriplicina in Francois Peron National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Quoya
Species:
Q. atriplicina
Binomial name
Quoya atriplicina
(F.Muell.) B.J.Conn & Henwood
Occurrence data from ALA
Synonyms

Pityrodia atriplicina (F.Muell.) Benth.

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