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Eremophila willsii is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an erect shrub with bright green, often serrated leaves and pinkish to deep pinkish-purple petals. It is mainly found in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia in deep sand.
Eremophila willsii is often a spindly shrub but its growth form is compensated for by its striking flowers. It can be propagated from cuttings in sand, especially if provided with bottom heat and intermittent mist. It grows best in well-drained soil in a sunny position, rarely requires watering, even during a long dry spell and is moderately frost tolerant.
Subspecies willsii occurs in the south-west of the Northern Territory and adjacent areas of South Australia where it grows on red sand plains, sand dunes and the swales between them. It is also found in the Central Ranges biogeographic region of Western Australia. Subspecies integrifolia is widespread in the sand dune systems of the southern part of the Northern Territory, western South Australia and the Central Ranges, Gibson Desert and Great Victoria Desert biogeographic regions of Western Australia There is one record from far western Queensland.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Eremophila willsii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
