Scaevola bursariifolia
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. bursariifolia |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Scaevola bursariifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of western Australia. It is a sticky shrub with egg-shaped to spatula-shaped leaves, cream to white flowers, and glabrous, black or purple fruit.
Description
Scaevola bursariifolia is a sticky, later varnished shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 70 cm (28 in) and is covered with minute, scurfy hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic or spatula-shaped and thick, 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) long and 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a peduncle up to 1 mm (0.039 in) long with linear bracteoles about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The sepals are broadly egg-shaped, up to 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long and connate, the petals cream to white, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, with a few varnished hairs on the outside and densely bearded inside. Flowering occurs from October to February and the fruit is oval, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long, black or purple and glabrous.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Scaevola bursariifolia was first formally described in 1927 by John McConnell Black in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia from specimens collected by Ralph Tate on the "Bunda Plateau (north of Fowlers Bay towards Eucla" in 1879.[4][5][6] The specific epithet (bursariifolia) means Bursaria-leaved.[7]
Distribution
This species of Scaevola occurs from Mount Ragged in the Cape Arid National Park in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Hampton, Mallee and Murchison bioregions of Western Australia, to near Fowlers Bay in South Australia.[3]
Conservation status
Scaevola bursariifolia is listed as 'not threatened' by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References
- ↑ "Scaevola bursariifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Carolin, Roger Charles. "Scaevola bursariifolia". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Scaevola bursariifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ↑ Black, John McConnell (1927). "Additions to the Flora of South Australia". Transactions and Proceeding of the Royal Society of South Australia. 51: 385. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes, new taxa and systematic arrangement in the genus Scaevola (Goodeniaceae) including synonyms". Telopea. 3 (4): 492. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Scaevola bursariifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780958034180.