Scaevola chrysopogon
# Scaevola chrysopogon

Scaevola chrysopogon is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, understorey shrub with fan-shaped cream or white flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.

## Description

Scaevola chrysopogon is a small, understorey shrub up to 60 cm (24 in) high, slender, ridged stems, smooth or with scattered, flattened hairs mostly near leaf axils. The lower leaves near the base are egg-shaped, tapering toward the base, toothed, 1–4 cm (0.39–1.57 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide. The terminal, older leaves narrowly elliptic, smooth margins, sessile and 2.5–10 mm (0.098–0.394 in) long. The flowers are on spikes up to 25 cm (9.8 in) long, bracts similar to older, terminal leaves, peduncle less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The corolla is cream to white, 13–23 mm (0.51–0.91 in) long, covered with fine, flattened or curved hairs on the outside, thickly bearded inside and the wings about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide. Flowering occurs from August to October.

## Taxonomy and naming

Scaevola chrysopogon was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin and the description was published in Telopea. The specific epithet (chrysopogon) means "golden" and "bearded".

## Distribution

This scaevola grows near Shark Bay and south to Wannoo in Western Australia.

