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Scaevola globosa (Carolin) Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3:504 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling shrub, 0.3-0.7 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec. Sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 55-90 mm long, 20-30 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1-1.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-2 mm long, hairy, with dense, absent hairs. Corolla yellow, 5-7.4 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 1.5-1.6 mm long, without wings; outer lobes 2-2.2 mm long, wingless. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2.5-3.7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in October, November and December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Greater Geraldton, Moora, Northampton.