Scaevola densifolia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. densifolia
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| Scaevola densifolia | |
Scaevola densifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, spreading shrub with fan-shaped cream or white flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.
Description
[edit]Scaevola densifolia is a small, prostrate, understorey perennial herb or shrub with hairy stems up to 40 cm (16 in) long. The leaves are sessile, oblong shaped, wider at the apex, sometimes in clusters, margins entire or a tooth on either side, 8–30 mm (0.31–1.18 in) long and 2–9 mm (0.079–0.354 in) wide. The flowers are borne in racemes at the end of branches, bracts leaf like. The corolla cream or white, 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long with thick more or less flattened hairs on the outside, bearded on the inside and the wings up to 0.8 mm (0.031 in) wide. Flowering occurs mostly from October to December and the fruit is cylinder shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and covered with soft hairs.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Scaevola densifolia was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin and the description was published in Telopea.[3][4] The specific epithet (densifolia) means "thick" and "crowded" referring to the leaves.[5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]This scaevola grows in heath between the Oldfield and Fitzgerald Rivers in Western Australia.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scaevola eneabba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ Carolin, Roger (1990). Flora of Australia 35 (PDF). Canberra: CSIRO Commonwealth of Australia. p. 126.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger (1990). "Scaevola densifolia". Telopea. 3 (4): 505. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ "Scaevola densifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 185. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Scaevola densifolia". Flora of Australia. Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 24 May 2022.