Flowering occurs from March to October and is followed by fruits which are dry, woody oval to cone-shaped and 5.5–9 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long.

[2][3][4]Eremophila clarkei was first formally described by Augustus Frederick Oldfield and Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 and the description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.

[2][3][7] Turpentine bush is widespread and common in the Eremaean and South-West botanical provinces in Western Australia where it grows in sand or clay soils.

[10] Eremophila clarkei is classified as "not threatened' by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.

It is most easily propagated by grafting onto Myoporum species and grows well in a wide range of soils but dos best in a sunny situation.