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Scaevola bursariifolia J.M.Black

Reference
Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 51:385 (1927)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.4-1.2 m high. Fl. cream-white, Oct to Dec or Jan to Apr. Red sandy soils, clay. Plains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 7-10 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0-0.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla 9-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, October, November and December. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Hampton (HAM) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Mardabilla, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Yilgarn.