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Scaevola canescens Benth.
Grey Scaevola

Reference
Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 69 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to ascending shrub, 0.1-0.5 m high. Fl. white/white-purple, Mar to Oct. Sand, often with lateritic gravel, limestone.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-75 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2.5-4 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 0.5-1 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-3 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla white, 8.5-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside, 0.3-0.8 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cambridge, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Claremont, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalamunda, Mandurah, Melville, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Nedlands, Northampton, Perth, Rockingham, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Wanneroo, Waroona.