Scrophulariaceae

Eremophila

Flowers are. blue-purple/white-blue, Erect, flat topped shrub, 0.3-2 m high. Grows on red sandy soils over laterite or granite. Stony grounds, rocky rises & hillsides, plains.

Eremophila lachnocalyx or Wooly Calyx Eremophila

Erect, spreading shrub, 0.6-2.2 m high, to 3 m wide. Wooly leaves and calyx. Flowers blue-purple, Jun to Sep. Clay, sand, Stony flats & ridges.

Eremophila tietkensii

Spreading shrub, to 2 m high. Fl. white/blue/purple, Apr to Sep. Red sand, red to brown silty loam, red-brown skeletal loam over ironstone, gravel, laterite, dolerite, limestone.

Emu Bush

Straggling low shrub, growing in red sand. Pale blue flowers with pale pink/mauve bracts. Broad leaves covered in dense short grey hairs giving a matted appearance.

Eremophila weldii

Prostrate or erect shrub, 0.1-1.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Mar or Jun to Dec. Calcareous sandy soils. Low stony rises, flat marine plains, cliffs.

Eremophila dempsteri

This is a broom-like shrub to 3 m high with prominently hooked, narrow leaves up to 7mm long by about 1mm wide. The sepals are 4 - 6mm long and are distinctly hairy.

Budda, Harlequin Fuchsia Bush

This Eremophila is widely distributed and has showy red or red and yellow flowers. It grows as a shrub to about 3m tall on red sand in open dry scrubland.The leaves are narrow linear-lanceolate,

Shining Poverty Bush

A short-lived species 1 to 3.5 m high with large, glossy, viscid leaves 54 to 85 mm long by 7.5 to 15 mm wide, large sepals 8.5 to 15 mm long by 3.5 to 8 mm wide and a cream, yellow,

Emu Bush

Upright tall shrub to 3m. Grows in Sandy or stony soils, alluvium. Colluvial & riverine flats, rocky hills.

Eremophila serrulata - Green Fuchsia Bush

Intricate, often resinous shrub to 2.5 m high, branches pubescent, hairs branched. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, 2–6 cm long, 9–10 mm wide, apex acute or obtuse, margins entire or toothed, pubescent.

Desert Fuschia

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.

Kopi Poverty Bush

Erect shrub or tree, 1-5 m high. Fl. cream-yellow-orange-pink, Jul to Dec. Red sandy soils. Salt lake country, claypans, alkali flats

Emu Bush

Open woody shrub to about 2m tall. Leaves slightly furry, especially young leaves which have a golden appearance. Flowers pink and slightly hairy.

Cape Range Poverty Bush

Sturdy shrub to 1.5m. Leaves crowded along stems, about 2cm long, oval, densely covered with short felted hairs. Younger leaves have a distinctive yellow colour. Flowers tomentose,

Emu Bush

Shrubs to 1.5m. Leaves to 5cm. Different colour forms growing together, with flower colour varying from white through pink to red.

Eremophila punctata

Erect, viscid shrub, (0.25-)0.5-1.5(-2) m high. Fl. blue-purple-violet/white, Jul to Oct. Skeletal soils, often stony over laterite, red sand. Undulating plains, rocky situations, breakaways,

Poverty Bush

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.

Spotted Poverty Bush

Shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. violet-purple-white, Aug to Oct. Red sand, loam or clay soils. Gibber plains, calcareous flats, jasper outcrops.

Eremophila

Eremophila lachnocalyx or Woolly-calyxed Eremophila

Also known as the - Woolly-calyxed Eremophila An erect, spreading shrub, 0.6-2.2 m high, to 3 m wide. Grows in Clay, sand. Stony flats & ridges.

Eremophila gilesii

Eremophila gilesii is a small, spreading shrub to about 1 metre high by 2 metres across. The leaves are somewhat hairy, up to 60 mm long by 3 mm wide and linear to narrowly elliptical in shape.

Wills' Desert Fuchsia

Erect, spreading or straggly shrub, 0.45-2 m high. Fl. blue-purple, May or Jul to Nov. Red sand. Sand dunes.

Emu Bush

Large shrub to 3m. Flowers mauve/purple, calyx pink. Leaves long and felt covered giving a greyish colour.

Emu Bush

Woody shrub to 1.5m tall. Leaves closely spaced on stem, almost as wide as long, with a distinct midrib. Flowers mauve/purple and subtended by large pink/purple bracts.