Scaevola sp. Mt Bruce (M.E. Trudgen 1333)

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 8-22 mm long, 2-3 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 7-8 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2-3.2 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2-2.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.1-0.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.2-0.3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5.5-6.4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.