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Scaevola thesioides Benth. subsp. thesioides

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. blue-white, Aug to Dec or Jan to Mar. Sand, limestone. Coastal areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-65 mm long, 1-7 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-6.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 10-11 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside, 0.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-8 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Cambridge, Carnamah, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Northampton, Perth, Rockingham, Wanneroo, Waroona.