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Scaevola oxyclona F.Muell.
Tangled Fanflower

Reference
Fragm. 10:58-59 (1876)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Divaricate, spiny shrub, 0.1-1.5 m high. Fl. blue-purple, Aug to Dec. Sandy soils, stony loam or clay. Rocky outcrops & low ranges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 7-15 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue or mauve, 15-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 6-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.3 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.7-1.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-10 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Mardabilla, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas.