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Scaevola sp. Mt Nameless (P.A.S. Wurm 1443)

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 5-10 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 7-8 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2.5-3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2.3-2.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0-0.4 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Hamersley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara.