Scaevola collaris | |
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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. collaris
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Binomial name | |
Scaevola collaris | |
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Scaevola collaris is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae [1] and its native range is five mainland states/territories of Australia: the Northern Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia. [4]
It is an endangered species in New South Wales. [5]
Scaevola collaris is an erect shrub, growing to 0.5 m. [4] [6] [7] The stems are erect and smooth. [4] [6] The leaves are sessile (i.e., have no stalk), succulent and smooth, and 1–8.5 cm long by 1–9 mm wide. [4] [6] The flowers occur in terminal spikes or are solitary or clustered in the axils. [4] [6]
The sepals are ovate to triangular, smooth and almost free. [4] [6] The corolla is 6-17mm long, smooth on the outside with short hairs on the inside, and yellow to cream or mauve. [4] [6] The anthers are free. [7] The ovary is inferior [7] and from 5–20 mm long, is two-celled and usually has a beak and a foot. [6]
It flowers mostly from May to November. [4]
It is found on saline soils in the arid parts of the south of Western Australia, the south of the Northern Territory, South Australia, western Queensland and north-western New South Wales. [4]
It was first described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller, [1] [2] and the specific epithet, collaris, comes from the Latin, collaris (having a collar). [8] It was transferred to the genus, Goodenia, in 2020 by Kelly Anne Shepherd and others. [9] Goodenia collaris is the name accepted by the WA herbarium. [10]