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Scaevola chrysopogon Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 404 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.3-0.6 m high. Fl. white-cream, Aug to Oct. Red/brown sand. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-35 mm long, 7-12 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, 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, 18-27 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4.5-6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.6-1.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-11 mm long, hairy or glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Carnarvon (CAR) and Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Greater Geraldton, Northampton, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne.