Scaevola chrysopogon Carolin

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Description

Subshrub to 60 cm tall, glabrous or with scattered, appressed hairs particularly at nodes; stems slender, striate. Basal leaves ovate, tapering basally, dentate, with lamina 1-4 cm long, 3-10 mm wide; cauline leaves sessile, narrowly elliptic, entire, with lamina 2.5-10 mm long. Flowers in distant spikes or spike-like thyrses to 25 cm; bracts resembling cauline leaves; peduncle less than 2 mm long; bracteoles linear-triangular, 1-2.5 mm long. Sepals triangular, 1.5-2 mm long, free. Corolla 13-23 mm long, with fine, appressed or arcuate hairs outside, densely bearded inside, cream to white; barbulae simple; wings c. 1 mm wide. Indusium 2 mm wide, dense golden brown beard exceeding lips. Fruit not seen; ovary with short, white hairs at 90°.

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Phenology

Flowers Aug.-Oct.

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Distribution

Occurs in W.A. around Shark Bay and southwards to Wannoo.

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Representative Herbarium Specimens

W.A.: Peron Peninsula, Shark Bay, R.C.Carolin 3318 (SYD); E of Nerren Nerren, J.S.Beard 7111 (PERTH); c. 23 km S of Wannoo, 17 Sept. 1968, M.E.Phillips (AD, BRI, CBG); 54 km S of Denham, A.S.George 9550 (PERTH).

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Nomenclature and Typification

16 miles [c. 25 km] S of Wannoo roadhouse, W.A., North West Coastal Hwy, 9 Sept. 1970, A.S.George 10367 ; holo: PERTH.

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Notes

Similar to Scaevola restiacea which has coarse, arcuate, golden hairs on the ovary and fruit, and a sparse, white beard on the indusium.

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Source

Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 35 (1992), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia

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From the Acacia characters species list, created by on Mar 12, 2015.
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Cite this profile as: R.C.Carolin. Scaevola chrysopogon, in (ed.), Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Scaevola%20chrysopogon [Date Accessed: 15 March 2025]