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Eremophila spinescens Chinnock
Spiny Poverty Bush

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 2:265-267 (1980)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low, divaricate, spinescent shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Fl. purple-blue, Apr or Jul to Oct. Red sand or loam, sandy clay. Edges of samphire flats, claypans.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 March 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Meekatharra, Wiluna.