Scrophulariaceae

Eremophila - Desert Pride

Erect, spindly shrub, 0.9-2(-3.5) m high. Fl. yellow/pink & cream/white, Aug to Oct. Red sand, clay loam, clay. Flats, claypans, sand plains.

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,

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,

Creek Wilga

Glabrous resinous shrub or small tree to 7 m high, branches non-tuberculate. Leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, 7–20 cm long, 4.5–14 mm wide, apex attenuate, margins entire or rarely toothed,

Crimson Turkey Bush

Shrub, (0.3-)0.8-3 m high. Fl. red-pink-blue-cream, Apr to Oct. Stony red clay, loam or sandy soils over sandstone, granite, ironstone. Gibber plains, rocky ridges & hillslopes, creeklines.

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.

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.

Eremophila decipiens

An Eremophila decipiens but in an unusual form. A shrub, 0.1-1.8(-3) m high. Flowers are mainly red however can be yellow or orange, Flowering May to Dec. Grows in clay soils, red or yellow sand.

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.

Emu Bush

Upright tall shrub to 3m. Large glossy leaves. Flowers narrow, with cinnamon and pinkish markings and subtended by pale pink bracts.

Emu Bush

Low woody shrub. Red flowers. Leaves narrow with a notches appearance to the edges.

Emu Bush

Tall shrub to 2.5m. Leaves about 3cm long. Plants growing in dense thickets with considerable variation in flower colour, with paler reds and pink forms present in the one dense thicket.

Emu Bush

Small tree to 5m tall with pendulous leaves up to 15cm long. Flowers dull pink/red.

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

Emu Bush

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

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.