Scaevola canescens
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".
Description
Scaevola canescens is a shrub growing up to high. It has sessile, entire, oblong to oblanceolate leaves which are long and wide and densely hairy. It flowers from March to October in axillary spikes up to long, the corolla is bearded, and white with brownish veins. The fruit is usually one-seeded.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 : canescent, “grayish-white. A term applied to hairy surfaces” ; “hoary with gray pubescence” ; becoming gray, grayish; in mosses, hoary due to the collective hyaline hair points on the apices of leaves.