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Eremophila forrestii, Wilcox Bush. There are five subspecies.
A soft pink tubular flower, which open at the bottom, with darker
pink/purple spots inside. Slightly furry on the outside of the petals. Foliage is round to oval and furry, giving it a
pale green or silvery appearance, on a many branched shrub.
August
Eremophila. Eremophila across many different species can have common names such as Poverty Bush, Emu Bush, Turkey Bush, Native Fuchsia.
They can be medium or large shrubs with attractive tubular flowers in a range of colours including shades of purple, pink, blue and
red, and occasionally in white and yellow. Some species have rounded tubular flower that may or may not be open at the bottom by the
lowest petal curling back, or wider and flatter tubular flowers. Found through the state, with the exception of the south west
corner and northern Kimberley, but predominantly in the dryer and inland areas.
Eremophila glabra, Native Fuchsia, Tar Bush, Common Emu Bush. There are 21 subspecies.
A bright red slender tubular flower which
opens at the bottom, with the bush having elongated and, in some subspecies, slightly serrated leaves. Some subspecies have orange,
yellow, or green flowers.
Spring
Sandstone shire in the Mid West, and Caiguna in Dundas shire in the coastal Goldfields.
Found through the Mid West, Goldfields, desert regions and southern parts of the Pilbara.
Photo at right is of Eremophila glabra
subspecies, seen near Caiguna in the south east of the Goldfields Region.
Eremophila alternifolia (This broad-leafed variant previously known as Eremophila alternifolia var. latifolia), Poverty Bush, Narrow-leaved
Emu Bush, Narrow-leaved Poverty Bush, Narrow-leaved Fuchsia Bush.
A pink tubular flower with darker spots interior and exterior of the blooms, growing on a large shrub which has elongated leaves. Flower stem curves downwards then up a little with the flower.
September
Newman Rocks, near Balladonia, Dundas Shire, in the southern
Goldfields. Eremophila alternifolia occurs in the inland areas in the southern half of the state, mainly inland Mid West and the Goldfields
regions including the desert zones, particularly near the coast from Esperance to the South Australian border.
Eremophila clarkei, Turpentine Bush
A wide pink tubular flower, on a shrub with narrow pointed serrated leaves. Also have white, blue
or purple flowers.
August
Photographed near Noorgung Hill west of Yalgoo and at Wilroy nature reserve south of Mullewa
and in the Greater Geraldton council area, Mid West region, Western Australia. Found in the Gascoyne, Mid West, Goldfields and
Northern Wheatbelt regions.
Eremophila decipiens, Slender Fuchsia Bush, Narrow-leaved Fuchsia Bush
Smooth slender red tubular flowers opening at the bottom, long
S-shaped flower stem that curves downwards then up a little with the flower, as seen in photos here.
August
Photographed at Woolgangie
in the Shire of Coolgardie and in the Shire of Menzies. Occurs through the Mid West, Goldfields, Wheatbelt and Great Southern
Regions, and has also been recorded in the Pilbara.
Eremophila georgei, Silky Eremophila
A wide tubular flower which can be mauve, pink or blue. Calyx is wide and coloured mottled maroon. Leaves are wide and serrated on the edges, on an upright shrub.
August
Photographed west of Sandstone, and occurs on the Gascoyne,
Mid West, northern Goldfields and northern Wheatbelt regions.
Eremophila granitica, Granite Poverty Bush, Thin-leaved Poverty Bush, Winter Emu Bush
A wide mauve tubular flower on a long stem that
curves downwards then up a little with the flower, which has a large maroon calyx. A straggly shrub with long very slender flat
leaves.
August
Photographed south of Leinster in the Leonora shire and east of Sandstone. Occurs in the Gascoyne, Mid West, northern
Goldfields and into the northern Wheatbelt regions.
