Uses: As hedge or wind-break in its larger forms. Cultivars available in a variety of forms and flower colours red, pink, orange, mauve, purple, yellow, creamy-yellow, apricot, spotted inside. The low growing, mounding forms are useful as weed suppressors and as a living mulch. Attracts nectar eating birds and insects. Caution: Toxic to stock.
Cultural use: Indigenous peoples sucked the Eremophila flowers for nectar.
Note: Fire retardant plant as per SA Country Fire Service, contact for further information.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:NW: North Western  
:LE: Lake Eyre   
:NU: Nullarbor   
:GT: Gairdner-Torrens   
:FR: Flinders Rangers  
:EA: Eastern   
:MU: Murray

For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.