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Eremophila platythamnos Diels subsp. platythamnos
Desert Foxglove

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or spreading shrub, 0.2-3 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Apr or Sep to Nov. Red or yellow sand. Sandplains, sand dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Nullarbor Plain, Shield, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Sandstone, Wiluna.