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Eremophila alternifolia R.Br.
Poverty Bush

Reference
Prodr. 518 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open shrub, (0.5-)1-4(-5) m high. Fl. white/cream-yellow/red-pink-purple, Jun to Dec or Jan to Mar. Frequently on red or stony soils. Variety of habitats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Hampton, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.