Eremophila oldfieldii , also known as Pixie Bush, is a shrub 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 grows to between 1 and 6 metres in height and has yellow, orange, red or pink flowers between late autumn and mid spring (May to October in Australia).

Taxonomy

The first description of this species was published in 1859 by 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:...

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Subspecies

A couple of subspecies have been identified as follows:

• subsp. angustifolia (S.Moore) Chinnock ms
• subsp. oldfieldii