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Eremophila foliosissima Kraenzl.
Poverty Bush

Reference
Bull.Misc.Inform.Kew 281-282 (1925)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Jul to Sep. Red sand, loam or clay. Flats, hardpans, stony plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 6 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Mann-Musgrave Block, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cue, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna, Yalgoo.