Scaevola sp. Hamersley Range basalts (S. van Leeuwen 3675)

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-95 mm long, 9-30 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, glandular hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2.5-3 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.5-1 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 15-18 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 10 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-1.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 12 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in July and August. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).