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Scaevola ovalifolia
Scaevola ovalifolia, commonly known as bushy fanflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a subshrub with sessile, egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic, hairy, sometimes toothed leaves, spikes of blue or mauve flowers, and oval fruit.
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Description
Scaevola ovalifolia is a subshrub that typically grows up to 50 cm (20 in) high. Its leaves are sessile, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, or narrowly elliptic, 8–55 mm (0.31–2.17 in) long, 4–21 mm (0.16–0.83 in) wide and hairy, sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in spikes up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long. The petals are blue or mauve, 14–24 mm (0.55–0.94 in) long with simple hairs outside and densely bearded inside, and the ovary has two locules. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is oval, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and hairy.
Range & habitat
This species of Scaevola grows mostly on sand, sometimes on rocky hill slopes in the Northern Territory and in south-western Queensland.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 421579.