Scaevola chrysopogon Carolin

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-35 mm long, 7-12 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla white, 18-27 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4.5-6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.6-1.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-11 mm long, hairy or glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Carnarvon (CAR) and Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).