Scaevola restiacea | |
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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. restiacea
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Binomial name | |
Scaevola restiacea | |
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Synonyms [3] | |
Lobelia restiacea Kuntze |
Scaevola restiacea is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 0.15 and 0.5 metres high and have blue-white flowers that can appear in March or June or from August to December in their native range. They are found growing on undulating plains on sandy soils [4]
The species was first formally described in 1868 by English botanist George Bentham. [1] [2]