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Scaevola sp. Golden hairs (D. & B. Bellairs 1450 A)

Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-60 mm long, 6-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Corolla white, 12-16 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside, with wings, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August and November. 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 One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Northampton, Shark Bay.