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Eremophila forrestii subsp. capensis Chinnock
Cape Range poverty bush

Reference
Eremophila 492-495, Fig. 244a-c (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sparsely to much-branched shrub, to 1.4 m high. Brown rocky soils, limestone. Ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 2008
Image

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo, Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Exmouth.