Scaevola striata

Scaevola striata, commonly known as royal robe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It has blue fan-shaped flowers, and is endemic to Western Australia.

Description
Scaevola striata is a suckering, spreading, perennial herb, 0.35-0.3 m high and 1 m wide and hairy stems. The leaves are variable, wedge-shaped or linear to egg-shaped, hairy, 1.5-5 cm long, 3-20 mm wide, upper leaves sessile, edges smooth, coarsely toothed toward the apex. The mostly single, fan-shaped flowers are on an axillary stalk, bracts small, lance or oval to oblong shaped, petals about 3 cm wide with reddish parallel striations and short whitish hairs. Flowering occurs from August to January and the fruit is an oblong or oval shaped drupe to 5 mm long.

Taxonomy and naming
Scaevola striata was first formally described 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. The specific epithet ("striata") refers to the wings of the corolla.

Distribution and habitat
Royal robe grows on sand plains and ridges in wet areas on the south coast of Western Australia.