Scaevola sericophylla F.Muell. ex Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Scaevola

Characteristics

Spreading shrub to 150 cm tall, silky hairy; branches hard, woody. Leaves sessile, elliptic to obovate, broad basally, entire; lamina 12-45 mm long, 3-10 mm wide; axillary hairs silky. Flowers in compact, axillary spikes to 15 mm long; bracts oblanceolate, to 10 mm long; bracteoles ovate to orbicular, 4-6 mm long. Sepals rim-like, undulate, to 0.5 mm long. Corolla 10-19 mm long, silky hairy outside, bearded inside, white with purplish lines; barbulae simple, hair-like; wings to 0.8 mm wide. Ovary 1-locular except basally; indusium 1-1.5 mm long, shortly hairy basally. Fruit ovoid, 3-5 mm long, glabrous or nearly so, 1-seeded.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 1.5
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Environment

Grows in sand heath and on sand dunes.
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Distribution

Scaevola sericophylla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384322-1
WFO ID wfo-0000497399
COL ID 79SHY
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Synonyms

Lobelia sericophylla Scaevola sericophylla