Eremophila eriocalyx, also known as Desert Pride, is a shrub

Shrub

A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

 which is native to Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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Description

It is a spindly shrub which usually grows to between 0.8 and 2 metres high. It produces white, cream, yellow or pink flowers between August and October in Australia (late winter to mid spring)

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described in 1859 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller

Ferdinand von Mueller

Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, KCMG was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist.-Early life:...

 in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae

Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae

Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae is a series of papers authored by the Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in which he published many of his approximately 2000 descriptions of new taxa of Australian plants. The papers were issued in 94 parts between 1858 and 1882 and published in...

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His description was based on plant material collected by Augustus Frederick Oldfield

Augustus Frederick Oldfield

Augustus Frederick Oldfield was an English botanist and zoologist who made large collections of plant specimens in Australia.Oldfield was born 12 January 1820 in London, England. He made botanical collections in Tasmania, the coastal regions of Western Australia, and on the Nullarbor Plain...

 near the Murchison River

Murchison River

Murchison River may refer to the following:* Murchison River * Murchison River * Murchison River * Murchison River...

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Distribution

The species occurs in 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...

. Although the species is recorded near the border of South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

, it is not recorded in the Census of
South Australian Vascular Plants