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Eremophila maculata subsp. brevifolia (Benth.) Chinnock
Native Fuchsia

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. Suppl.1,18 (2005)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, diffuse shrub, 0.2-1.5(-2.5) m high. Fl. red/pink, May to Nov. Red sand or clay. Along watercourses and drainage lines, floodplains, salt flats, claypans.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 May 2008
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hampton, Lateritic Plain, Nullarbor Plain, Roebourne, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore), Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kondinin, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.