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Eremophila spectabilis C.A.Gardner
Showy Poverty Bush

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 27:194 (1942)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.45-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple-violet-pink, Jun to Oct. Red sandy, clay & loamy soils, stony soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Sandstone, Wiluna.