Scaevola striata
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| Royal robe | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. striata |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaevola striata | |
Scaevola striata, commonly known as royal robe,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It has blue fan-shaped flowers, and is endemic to Western Australia.
Scaevola striata is a suckering, spreading, perennial herb, 0.35–0.3 m (1 ft 2 in – 1 ft 0 in) high and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide and hairy stems. The leaves are variable, wedge-shaped or linear to egg-shaped, hairy, 1.5–5 cm (0.59–1.97 in) long, 3–20 mm (0.12–0.79 in) wide, upper leaves sessile, edges smooth, coarsely toothed toward the apex. The mostly single, fan-shaped flowers are on an axillary stalk, bracts small, lance or oval to oblong shaped, petals about 3 cm (1.2 in) wide with reddish parallel striations and short whitish hairs. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is an oblong or oval shaped drupe to 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[3][4][5]