Scaevola microphylla

Scaevola microphylla is a prostrate to low-lying herb with a woody base, with stems up to 50 cm (20 in) long and covered with hairs. Its leaves are sessile, more or less stem-clasping, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base to elliptic, 8–53 mm (0.31–2.09 in) long and 3–29 mm (0.12–1.14 in) wide with conspicuous teeth on the edges. The flowers are borne in loose racemes up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long, with leaf-like bracts and oblong bracteoles 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long and joined at the base, and the petals are blue, pink or white, 10–21 mm (0.39–0.83 in) long, sometimes with soft hairs on the outside and bearded inside. The ovary has two locules. Flowering occurs from September to January, and the fruit is more or less cylindrical, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in diameter and covered with soft hairs.

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.