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Fig. 3. Flower, branch and leaves of Eremophila woodiae at Vergemont Station. Photo: R. Fensham. 
populations may show greater variation. 
Otherwise all other aspects of the species fall 
well within the boundaries of Eremophila 
section Eremaeae. It may be related to E. 
goodwinii F.Muell. because of the glandular 
indumentum, although unlike this species it 
does not have the banding on the inside lateral 
walls of the corolla (Chinnock pers. comm., 
July 2015). 
Notes : In one collection of Eremophila 
woodiae (Mitchell 463), a flower with 6 
sepals was noted (Fig. 5). All other flowers 
examined during this study had 5 sepals so it 
is presumed that 6 sepals is a rare exception. 
None of the fruits observed had completely 
shed the exocarp - though some had shed 
most of it; consequently it is possible that 
none of the fruits were completely mature. 
Therefore 1 mm was added arbitrarily to the 
highest measured values for length and width, 
and these augmented values were used as the 
high end of the ranges for length and width. 
Conservation status : The species known 
range is very restricted; however, it is 
locally common in places. A species profile 
(as Eremophila sp. (Opalton V.J. Neldner+ 
2619) by Silcock & Fensham (2014) found 
that this species occurred on 6 of 10 plateaux 
surveyed in the overall area of distribution. 
Population sizes on each of these plateaux 
varied from 1000 to 4000 plants, with a total 
of about 17000 plants found. Ninety km 2 of 
similar plateaux were mapped in its known 
range, and of this 5 km 2 was surveyed. It was 
estimated that the total population based on 
known occurrences is approximately 300,000 
individuals. However, Silcock & Fensham 
