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Scaevola microphylla

Scaevola microphylla
Photo: pimelea, CC BY 4.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Scaevola microphylla, commonly known as small-leaved scaevola, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with sessile, more or less stem-clasping, egg-shaped to elliptic toothed leaves, spikes of blue, pink or white flowers and more or less spherical, hairy fruit.

Where it grows

This species of Scaevola grows in, and on the edges of forests in the extreme south-west of Western Australia, in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions.

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 microphylla 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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