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Scaevola humifusa
Procumbent scaevola is a low, mat-forming shrub from south-west Western Australia, with small white or cream flowers from August to November. It suits dry, sandy or saline ground in full sun and needs good drainage.
Scaevola humifusa, commonly known as procumbent scaevola, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying to prostrate shrub with sessile, narrowly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, white or cream-coloured flowers with greenish or brownish lines, and oval, ribbed fruit.
Procumbent scaevola grows sandy and clayey soils, on saline flats in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
