Scaevola phlebopetala | |
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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. phlebopetala
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Binomial name | |
Scaevola phlebopetala | |
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Scaevola phlebopetala, commonly known as velvet fanflower, is a herb in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. [3]
Scaevola phlebopetala is a generally prostrate herb, with stems growing to 50 cm. [4] The stems are bristly, with hairs at 90° and sometimes rough to the touch. [4] The leaves are stalkless and usually toothed with the leaf blade being from 1.2 to 10 cm long by 3 to 17 mm wide. [4] The flowers occur in racemes which are up to 30 cm long. [4] The inflorescence stalk is 2–4.5 cm long and curved. The sepals are linear, 4–14 mm long, and not joined. [4] The corolla is from 10–27 mm long, and has both short, white hairs and long, stiff, yellow hairs on the outside, and is densely bearded on the inside. [4] It is deep purple and yellow in the throat. The fruit is obovoid, striated, warty, hairy and 5–6 mm long. [4] It flowers from June to October. [4]
It is found in southwest Western Australia growing in sandy heaths. [4]
It was first named and described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1860. [1] [2] The specific epithet, phlebopetala, derives from the Greek, phlebos ("vein") [5] and the Latin, petalum ("petal") to give an adjective describing the plant as having "veined petals". [6]
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