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Scaevola ballajupensis L.W.Sage

Reference
Nuytsia 15:123-124,Fig.1 (2002)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent perennial, herb, to 0.15 m high, to 1 m wide. Fl. white, Sep to Oct. Brown sandy gravel, laterite, granite. Outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 February 2005

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-55 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5.5-9 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla white, 8-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4-4.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.6-5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.3-0.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6.8-8.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bridgetown-Greenbushes.