Scaevola aemula 'White Fan' (Fan Flower)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Fan Flower

Description

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Genus Scaevola

Herbs or shrubs . Leaves alternate, rarely opposite, entire or toothed . Flowers in dichasial cymes, sessile or pedicellate . Calyx lobes obsolete or conspi¬cuous. Corolla oblique , split to the base on one side; lobes subequal , spreading . Stamens with free anthers . Ovary usually inferior, 2-loculed; ovules l-2 in each, erect ; style simple with pollen cup enclosing a truncate or 2 lobed stigma. Fruit a drupe.

A genus with 80-100 tropical and sub-tropical species; mostly Australian and Polynesian.[1]

Physical Description

Habit: Evergreen .

Flowers: Bloom Period: March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November. • Flower Color: near white, white

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-12" tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 5.6 • Maximum pH: 6.0

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Spermatopsida () - Brongniart, 1843
        Subclass: Asteridae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Campanulanae () - Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
        Order: Asterales () - Lindley, 1833
        Family: Goodeniaceae () - R. Brown, 1810, nom. corr.
        Genus: Scaevola () - C. Linnaeus, 1771, nom. cons. - Naupaka
        Specific epithet: aemula
        Cultivar: White Fan
        Botanical name: - Scaevola aemula 'White Fan'