![]() calrohabdos is highly drought tolerant, will grow in hot, dry sites and requires no supplementary water. It also makes an excellent cut flower plant and attracts birds as it provides a food source for nectar feeders.Į. It can also be trimmed into hedges if pruned from an early stage and will grow in confined areas or against walls. This species is an ideal garden plant due to its unusual but striking growth form and so makes a stunning feature plant. The fruit are dry, about 7 x 5mm in size, ovoid and laterally compressed in shape and have 2 prominent horn-like ribs on each side. Flowers are tubular in shape, up to 3 cm in length and range in colour from red to pink and occasionally purple. Flowering can be sporadic, and the plant may bloom for many months in a good season with mild weather and regular rainfall. carlorhabdos produces prolific floral displays mainly between October and December however flowering has been recorded from August to May. The branches may be densely covered with short hairs.Į. It has grey-green leaves up to 25mm long and 8mm wide which are elliptic to oblong in shape with a serrated edge. However, if pruned from an early stage it can form a denser shrub. It generally grows as an erect, spindly shrub of 1-4m tall, sending up several upright rods from a single stem. calorhabdos has an unusual growth form for an eremophila, making it a favourable plant for use in horticulture. It is also common in disturbed sites, responding to light grading.Į. It is especially common in recently burnt areas (1-2 years after fire) as a result of high seed germination after fire, indicating it is a fire responsive plant. However it is locally widespread, being found on light sandy soils in open shrub-mallee associations in the Coolgardie, Roe and Eyre districts. The species is native to Western Australia where it has a restricted distribution centred around Esperance. This plant is also known by the common names of Red Rod Emu Bush, Native Fuchsia and Spiked Eremophila. Eremophila calorhabdos is an attractive flowering shrub of the Scrophulariaceae family.
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