Scaevola globosa
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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. globosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaevola globosa | |
Scaevola globosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with fan-shaped yellow flowers and elliptic to egg-shaped leaves.
Description
Scaevola globosa is a small shrub to 70 cm (28 in) high and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide, with sticky stems covered 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
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) means 'spherical', and refers to the inflorescence.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Scaevola globosa grows in sandy soils near Carnamah, Yuna and Mingenew in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2][7]
Conservation status
Scaevola globosa is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[7] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[8]
References
- ↑ "Scaevola globosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Scaevola globosa". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ Carolin, R.C (1974). "Nigromnia globosa". Nuytsia. 1: 292. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ↑ "Scaevola globosa". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 6 July 2026.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Scaevola globosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 29 June 2026.