Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Blue Wonder, Brilliant Scaevola, Common Fanflower, Escabola, Fan Flower, Fanflower
Description
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
Flowers: Bloom Period: June, July, August. • Flower Color: blue-violet
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 802 meters (0 to 2,631 feet).[2]
Biology
Growth
Culture: Space 24-36" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 10a, 10b, 11. (map)
Taxonomy
- 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
- R.Br.
- Botanical name: - Scaevola aemula R.Br.
- Specific epithet:
aemula
- R.Br.
- Genus:
Scaevola
(
- Family:
Goodeniaceae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author
: R.Br. Publication
: Prodr. Fl.
Nov. Holland. 584
A tentatively accepted name
in the RHS
Horticultural Database.
Place of publication: Prodr. 584. 1810
Name
verified on 17-Feb-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Scaevola
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
S. aemula (Blue Wonder) · S. aemula 'Blue Wonder' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Diamond' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'New Wonder' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Purple Fanfare' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Whirlwind Blue' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'White Fan' (Fan Flower) · S. aemula 'Zig Zag' (Fan Flower) · S. cerasifolia (Naupaka) · S. chamissoniana (Naupaka Kuahiwi) · S. coriacea (Dwarf Naupaka) · S. gaudichaudiana (Mountain Naupaka) · S. gaudichaudii (Naupaka Kuahiwi) · S. glabra ('ohe Naupaka) · S. hobdyi (Hobdy's Naupaka) · S. kilaueae (Huahekili Uka) · S. mollis (Purple Naupaka) · S. plumieri (Beachberry) · S. procera (Forest Naupaka) · S. ramosissima (Hairy Fan-Flower) · S. ramosissima 'Marion' (White Fan Flower) · S. sericea (Beach Naupaka) · S. sericea var. sericea (Beach Naupaka) · S. sericea var. taccada (Beach Naupaka) · S. sericea var. taccada (Gaertn.) Thieret & B.Lipscomb (Beach Grape) · S. 'Mauve Clusters' (Fan Flower) · S. 'Whirlwind White' (Fan Flower)
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Further Reading
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 22, p. 262.
- Report of the Australian Association for the advancement of Science. Sidney, The Association. url p. 462.
- Second systematic census of Australian plants, with chronologic, literary and geographic annotations; by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller. Pt. I. --Vasculares. Melbourne: Printed for the Victorian Government by McCarron. Bird & Co., 1889. url p. 148.
- Transactions and proceedings and report of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1904-1911. url p. 256.
- Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia (Incorporated). Adelaide: W.C. Rigby, 1912-1937. url p. 156, p. 633.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 07, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5888445
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13742824
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:384140-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 409993
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 384140-1
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 606901
Footnotes
- "Scaevola". in Flora of Pakistan . Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mean = 211.110 meters (692.618 feet), Standard Deviation = 201.280 based on 161 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
