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Eremophila compacta S.Moore subsp. compacta
Compact Emu Bush

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

Erect shrub, 0.2-2.1 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Feb to Mar or Jun to Sep or Dec. Alluvium, sand, shallow gravelly soils. Stony rises, clay flats, dunes, plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Cue, Leonora, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Perenjori, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.