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Scaevola archeriana L.W.Sage

Reference
Telopea 10:777-778 (2004)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, resprouting, multi-stemmed, clonal herb, to 0.45 m high. Sandy and sandy-clay loam soils. Sandplains, road verges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 2008

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-30 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-35 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.4-4 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla purple, 12-16 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside, with wings, 0.5-1.4 mm wide, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8.5-12 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in December. Occurs in the Mallee (MAL) 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
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Ravensthorpe.