Scaevola densifolia Carolin

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Scaevola

Characteristics

Prostrate subshrub with stems to 40 cm long, hairy. Leaves sessile, often fasciculate, oblanceolate, entire or with a tooth on either side; lamina 8-30 mm long, 2-9 mm wide. Flowers in terminal racemes; bracts leafy; bracteoles linear, 5-7 mm long. Sepals linear-deltoid, to 2.5 mm long, connate. Corolla 12-15 mm long, with dense ±appressed hairs outside, bearded inside, white or cream; barbulae few, simple, hair-like; wings to 0.8 mm wide. Ovary 2-locular; indusium 1-2 mm long, few basal hairs not exceeding bristles on lips. Fruit cylindrical, 3-4 mm long, with two lateral protuberances and 2 vertical bands of tubercles, pubescent, with 2 sterile cavities.
Life form perennial
Growth form subshrub
Growth support free-standing
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Grows in heath.
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Distribution

Scaevola densifolia world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939305-1
WFO ID wfo-0000497559
COL ID 6Y4GC
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Synonyms

Scaevola densifolia