Scaevola macrophylla
Species of flowering plant
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Scaevola macrophylla, commonly known as large-flowered scaevola,[1] is an erect herb (woody at base) growing to 0.4 m high, with blue flowers, in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia.[4]
| Scaevola macrophylla | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. macrophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaevola macrophylla | |
The species was first formally described in 1854 by Willem Hendrik de Vriese[5][6] and in 1868 George Bentham in the fourth volume of Flora Australiensis assigned it to the genus, Scaevola.[2][3]
It occurs in the Cape Riche area in south-western Western Australia.[7] The species is described as "extremely rare", being documented on only four occasions, a discovery after a controlled burn in 2021 was its first record since 1990.[8]
It has been declared to be a threatened species,[4] and critically endangered under the EPBC Act.[1]
