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Eremophila maculata (Ker Gawl.) F.Muell.
Native Fuchsia

Reference
Rep.Pl.Babbage's Exped. 16 (1859)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.2-3 m high. Fl. red-pink-orange-yellow, May to Nov. Red sand or clay, sandy loam. Salt flats, claypans, floodplains, along watercourses, drainage lines, seasonally wet depressions.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 2008
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Distribution

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