Eremophila abietina, also known as Spotted Poverty Bush, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

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Description

Plants are usually between 0.5 and 2 metres in height and produce violet, purple or white flowers between the end of winter and the middle of spring (August to October in Australia).

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1925 and given the specific epithet abietina referring to its fir-like foliage. The type specimen was collected from "Laverton; North Coolgardie

Coolgardie, Western Australia

Coolgardie is a small town in the Australian state of Western Australia, east of the state capital, Perth. It has a population of approximately 800 people....

" by F.A. Rodway.

Two subspecies have been identified:

• subsp. abietina MS
• subsp. ciliata Chinnock MS

Distribution

It occurs on gibber plains, calcereous flats and jasper

Jasper

Jasper, a form of chalcedony, is an opaque, impure variety of silica, usually red, yellow, brown or green in color; and rarely blue. This mineral breaks with a smooth surface, and is used for ornamentation or as a gemstone. It can be highly polished and is used for vases, seals, and at one time for...

 outcrops in an area of the Great Victoria Desert

Great Victoria Desert

The Great Victoria Desert is a barren and sparsely populated desert area of southern Australia.-Location and description:The Great Victoria is the biggest desert in Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with a closely packed surface of pebbles and salt lakes...

near Laverton.