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Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

The notice period started at 9:00 am on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Monday, 15 December 2025 +08:00.

Scaevola thesioides Benth.

Reference
Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 68 (1837)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. blue-white, Aug to Dec or Jan to Mar. Sand or clayey soils, loam, limestone. Coastal areas, sandplains, creek beds.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bayswater, Cambridge, Carnamah, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Esperance, Fremantle, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Irwin, Jerramungup, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Northampton, Perth, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Wanneroo, Waroona.