Scaevola globosa
Scaevola globosa is a small flowering shrub in the Goodeniaceae family. It grows up to about 70 cm tall and 1 m wide, with sticky stems that have simple and glandular hairs. The leaves are sessile and egg-shaped with small teeth, about 21–68 mm long and 6–26 mm wide.
The plant bears yellow, fan-shaped flowers in spikes up to 12 cm long, set in a dense, globose mass of soft hairs. The flower wings can be up to 10 mm wide. It flowers from February to September, and the fruit is cylindrical, 4–6 mm long, wrinkled and hairy.
Taxonomy: This species was first described in 1974 as Nigromnia globosa by Roger Charles Carolin, and was renamed Scaevola globosa in 1990. The name globosa refers to its globe-like inflorescence.
Habitat: Scaevola globosa grows in sandy soils in Western Australia, near Carnamah, Yuna and Mingenew.
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