''Scaevola macrophylla'', commonly known as large-flowered scaevola, is an erect herb (woody at base) growing to 0.4 m high, with blue flowers, in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia. The species was first formally described in 1854 by

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and in 1868 George Bentham in the fourth volume of '' Flora Australiensis'' assigned it to the genus, '' Scaevola''. It occurs in the Cape Riche area in south-western Western Australia. The species is described as "extremely rare", being documented on only four occasions, a discovery after a

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in 2021 was its first record since 1990. It has been declared to be a threatened species, and critically endangered under the EPBC Act.

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macrophylla Eudicots of Western Australia Asterales of Australia Plants described in 1854 Taxa named by George Bentham {{Australia-asterid-stub