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Scaevola laciniata F.M.Bailey

Reference
Queensl.Fl. 3:910 (1900)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, to 0.45 m high. Fl. white, Jun to Jul. Black soils. Plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-40 mm long, 4-15 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.8-1 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla white, 14-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-9 mm long, rarely glabrous; indusium single, rarely hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in June and July. Occurs in the Ord-Victoria Plains (OVP) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Ord Victoria Plain.
IBRA Subregions
South Kimberley Interzone.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Halls Creek.