Family: Goodeniaceae
Plant: Spreading mat-forming scrambling plant up to 40cm high.
Flowers: Spreading fan-shaped flowers with 5 equal mauve to blue petals and a yellow centre.
Flowering: Mainly November-May.
Fruit: Globose purple and white berry up to 12mm diameter.
Leaves: Obovate to spoon-shaped, alternate, fleshy and up to 8cm long.
Habitat: Dunes near the sea.
Features: Common plant on dunes and sea cliffs. Fleshy leaves. Spreading blue to mauve fan-shaped flowers.
Name:
Scaevola From Latin = left and after left-handed Roman hero Caius Mucius Scaevola (referring to its hand-shaped flower).
calendulacea From the plant being like the South African Calendula.
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler, Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Mauve, Blue |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Berry |
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Colour |
Purple, White |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Spoon |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Succulent |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Beach strand |
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