Scaevola sp. Isabella Range (R.D. Royce 1918)

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-27 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, absent hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 10 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 8 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2.7 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.1-0.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Great Sandy Desert (GSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).