Uses: A highly ornamental but hardy foliage plant. Plant singly for contrast or grouped as an informal hedge, screen or contrasting background shrub in mixed native landscapes, verges, median strips, parks and reserves.
Requires well-drained soils. Bird and insect attracting.
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
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.