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Eremophila serpens Chinnock
Snake Eremophila

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 1:250-252 (1979)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, creeping, forming large patches shrub, 0.03-0.4 m high, forming large patches to 2 m wide. Fl. green/yellow-green, Sep to Dec or Mar to May. White/grey sand, alluvium, loam. Winter-wet depressions, sub-saline flats, drainage lines, salt lakes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Yilgarn.