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Scaevola sericophylla Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:102-103 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading, dense shrub, 0.2-1.8 m high. Fl. white, Jan to Mar or May or Jul to Oct or Dec. Red or yellow sand. Sandplains & sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-25 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla white, 16-18 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 7-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-1 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.8-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) 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
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Merredin, Perth, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Dandaragan, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Karratha, Meekatharra, Moora, Northampton, Shark Bay, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu.