Scaevola globosa
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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. globosa
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Scaevola globosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, spreading shrub with fan-shaped yellow flowers and elliptic to egg-shaped leaves.
Description
[edit]Scaevola globosa is a small shrub to 70 cm (28 in) high and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide, sticky stems with simple and glandular hairs. The leaves are sessile, occasionally almost stem-clasping, egg-shaped, toothed, 21–68 mm (0.83–2.68 in) long and 6–26 mm (0.24–1.02 in) wide. The flowers are borne in spikes up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long inside a dense, globose mass of soft hairs and the wings up to 10 mm (0.39 in) wide. Flowering occurs from February to September and the fruit cylinder shaped, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long, wrinkled and covered with soft hairs.[2]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]This scaevola was first formally described by Roger Charles Carolin in 1974 as Nigromnia globosa.[3] In 1990 Carolin changed the name to Scaevola globosa.[4][5] The specific epithet (globosa) refers to the inflorescence.[6]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Scaevola globosa grows in sandy soils near Carnamah, Yuna and Mingenew.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Scaevola globosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ a b Carolin, R.C (1990). Flora of Australia 35 (PDF). Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia. p. 117. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ Carolin, R.C (1974). "Nigromnia globosa". Nuytsia. 1: 292. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "Scaevola globosa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Carolin, R.C (1990). "Scaevola globosa". Nuytsia. 3 (4): 504. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 208. ISBN 9780958034180.