Scaevola calendulacea

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Dune fan-flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. calendulacea
Binomial name
Scaevola calendulacea
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms [3]

Goodenia calendulacea Andrews
Merkusia suaveolens (R.Br.) de Vriese
Scaevola suaveolens R.Br.

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Andrews (1798) t.22 Goodenia calendulacea

Scaevola calendulacea commonly known as dune fan-flower, [5] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae . It is a small, mat-forming shrub with blue fan-shaped flowers with a yellow centre and grows on sand dunes in eastern and southern Australia.

Description

Scaevola calendulacea is a prostrate shrub growing to 40 cm high with oblong to lance shaped or egg shaped leaves up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long, 27 mm (1.1 in) wide, margins smooth with flattened hairs, and tapering to the base. The blue flowers are borne on terminal spikes up to 8 cm (3.1 in) long, corolla 12–18 mm (0.47–0.71 in) long, soft, short hairs on the outside, bearded inside and the wings are 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide. Flowering occurs throughout the year and the fruit is white or purplish, globular, smooth, up to 12 mm (0.47 in) in diameter and the ovary has two locules. [5] [6]

Taxonomy and naming

Scaevola calendulacea was first formally described in 1798 by Henry Cranke Andrews as Goodenia calendulacea, [4] [7] but in 1917 was assigned to the genus, Scaevola , by George Claridge Druce. [2] [7] The specific epithet (calendulacea) refers to the similarity to the genus Calendula . [8]

Distribution and habitat

This scaevola is a widespread species growing on sand dunes in coastal locations in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scaevola calendulacea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 Druce, G.C. (1917) Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 644
  3. ↑ "Scaevola calendulacea (Andrews) Druce | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 Andrews, H.C. (1798) Repository for New, and Rare Plants 1: t. 22
  5. 1 2 3 Carolin, R.C. "Scaevola calendulacea". PlantNET-NSW Flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Carolin, R.C. (2017). "Scaevola calendulacea. In: Flora of Australia". profiles.ala.org.au. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. Retrieved 1 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. 1 2 "Scaevola calendulacea". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  8. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 155. ISBN   9780958034180.
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