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Scaevola argentea

Scaevola argentea
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Native range
Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Scaevola argentea is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, much-branched, subshrub with sessile, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and sometimes toothed, mauve to blue flowers and elliptic, more or less ribbed fruit.

Where it grows

This species of Scaevola is found between Ravensthorpe and Ongerup in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia, where it grows in sandy heath.

Other Scaevola plants

Naupaka · Scaevola acacioides · Common Fanflower · White Fan Flower · Scaevola amblyanthera · Scaevola anchusifolia · Scaevola angulata · Scaevola angustata · Scaevola archeriana · Scaevola auriculata · Scaevola ballajupensis · Scaevola basedowii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scaevola argentea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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