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Long Leaved Scaevola

Scaevola lanceolata

Long Leaved Scaevola
Photo: Tim Hammer, CC BY 4.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
W. & SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Scaevola lanceolata, commonly known as long-leaved scaevola, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect perennial herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, white to pale blue flowers with brownish markings, and rough, more or less spherical fruit.

Where it grows

This species of scaevola grows in heath between the Murchison and Fitzgerald Rivers in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.

Other Scaevola plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scaevola lanceolata 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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