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Desert Fuschia

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Genus: Eremophila

Species: gilesii

Main Flower Colour: Pink

Description

Prostrate, spreading or erect shrub, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar to Nov. Red-brown sand, clay or loam soils, laterite. Stony flats, low rises, flat plains, granite outcrops.

Identification

The main flower colour is pink.

References

http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/22907

Created: 02 Mar 2014 - John Baas
Updated: 19 Nov 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Region Specifics

In WA: throughout the central deserts.

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