Scaevola canescens

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Scaevola canescens
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Scaevola canescens
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. canescens
Binomial name
Scaevola canescens
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Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms [3]

Dampiera canescens (Benth.) de Vriese
Lobelia canescens Kuntze

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Scaevola canescens is a species of plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia where it occurs "from Shark Bay to Perth, in open forest and heath in sandy soil". [1]

Description

Scaevola canescens (grey scaevola) [4] is a shrub growing up to 60 centimetres (24 in) high. [1] It has sessile, entire, oblong to oblanceolate leaves which are 12–85 millimetres (0.47–3.35 in) long and 4–15 millimetres (0.16–0.59 in) wide [1] and densely hairy. [4] It flowers from March to October [4] in axillary spikes up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, the corolla is bearded, and white with brownish veins. [1] The fruit is usually one-seeded. [1]

Distribution

It grows in the IBRA regions: Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, and Yalgoo.

Etymology

The specific epithet is Latin:

canescens,-entis (part.B): canescent, “grayish-white. A term applied to hairy surfaces” (Lindley [5] ); “hoary with gray pubescence” (Fernald 1950 [6] ); becoming gray, grayish; in mosses, hoary due to the collective hyaline hair points on the apices of leaves. [7]

Taxonomy

S. canescens was first described by George Bentham in 1837. [2] A holotype (W0047196) was collected by von Hügel at King Georges Sound, and is kept at Naturhistorisches Museum Wien Botanische Abteilung (W). [8] The earliest Australian record (MEL 1521288A) was collected by J.A.L. Preiss on April 15, 1839, somewhere in the vicinity of Perth. [9]

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References

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