Emu Bush

This is one of those plants where I wonder where in hades the common name came from. It is  an eremophila, commonly known as an Emu Bush. It looks nothing like an emu, in any way shape or form. So that messes with me a bit.  I can only surmise (without the power of google) that emus are involved with it in some way and it isnt named upon resemblance. The bush its self is very hardy when its establish, this one doesnt receive any water other then what falls from the sky. They arent dense bushes in this situation, but they look quite effective and come spring they are covered in these lovely, delicate, little flowers. We only have purple ones at work, but you can also get them in various shades of red, pink, yellow and orange. At present the flowers are starting to drop, so there is this nice carpet of purple underneath them all.