Scaevola auriculata Benth.

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-50 mm long, 7-30 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 9-13 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-4.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 8-11 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue or purple, 19-26 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 7-11 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-11.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-2.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.6-3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8.5-12 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.