long-leaved scaevola

Scaevola lanceolatais an erect, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to 10–50 cm (3.9–19.7 in) and has many stems. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 60–200 mm (2.4–7.9 in) long and 1–10 mm (0.039–0.394 in) wide, mostly towards the base of the stem. The flowers are borne in spikes up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long on the ends of stems, with lance-shaped bracts up to 40 mm (1.6 in) long and linear bracteoles up to 6 mm (0.24 in) long. The sepals form a toothed tube up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and the petals 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long, white to pale blue with brownish markings, hairy outside and bearded inside. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December, and the fruit is more or less spherical, up to 4 mm (0.16 in) in diameter, rough, sometimes covered with soft hairs, otherwise glabrous.

This species of scaevola grows in heath between the Murchison and Fitzgerald Rivers in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.