Scaevola phlebopetala
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| Scaevola phlebopetala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. phlebopetala |
| 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]