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Eremophila gilesii F.Muell.
Charleville Turkey Bush

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 8:49 (1873)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, spreading or erect shrub, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar to Nov. Red-brown sand, clay or loam soils, laterite. Stony flats, low rises, flat plains, granite outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Rudall, Shield, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cue, East Pilbara, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.