Family: Goodeniaceae
Plant: A decumbent shrub up to 15cm high with wiry stems covered with short glandular hairs.
Flowers: Pale mauve or purple, irregular, 5-petalled, fan-like flowers 2cm across with a bearded throat. The flowers are borne singly or in clusters of 3 on slender stalks from the upper leaf axils.
Flowering: August-March
Fruit: Hairy, wrinkled, ellipsoid capsule about 5mm long.
Leaves: Alternate or opposite, linear to oblanceolate 2-10cm long and 2-10mm wide, stalkless and sometimes toothed.
Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest and heathland.
Features: Purple fan-shaped flowers. Decumbent habit.
Name:
Scaevola From Latin = left and after left-handed Roman hero Caius Mucius Scaevola (referring to its hand-shaped flower).
ramosissima From Latin ramos = with many branches and issimus = to the greatest degree (referring to the much-branched form of the plant).
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Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Single, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Mauve, Purple |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
- |
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Other Features |
Wrinkled |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Opposite |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire, Toothed/Serrated |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Hairy |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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