Scaevola ramosissima

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Purple fan-flower
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Purple fan-flower at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. ramosissima
Binomial name
Scaevola ramosissima
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Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms

Scaevola hispida Cav.

Scaevola ramosissima, commonly known as the purple fan-flower or snake flower [2] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south eastern Australia. It has wiry, horizontal branches and purple fan-shaped flowers.

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Description

Scaevola ramosissima is a scrambling herb up to 40 cm (16 in) high with horizontal stems that are covered in long, upright, stiff simple and glandular hairs. The leaves are linear to oblong-lance shaped, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.94 in) long, 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) wide, mostly pointed, upper and lower surface hairy, margins smooth or toothed, usually curved under or upward and sessile. The flowers are on a pedicel up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, bracteoles linear shaped and up to 2.5 cm (0.98 in) long. The corolla purple to pale violet, 1.5–2.5 cm (0.59–0.98 in) long, outer surface with stiff, upright hairs, bearded on the inside, wings 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide. Flowering occurs from August to March and the fruit ellipsoid shaped, about 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, wrinkled, longitudinal ribs and covered with stiff, upright hairs. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Scaevola ramosissima was first formally described in 1912 by Kurt Krause and the description was published in Das Pflanzenreich . [4] [5] The specific epithet (ramosissima) means "much branched". [6]

Distribution and habitat

Purple fan-flower grows usually in sandy or gravelly soils in sclerophyll forests and heath from the Blackdown Tableland in Queensland, through New South Wales east of the Blue Mountains and Budawang Range, and in Victoria areas south of the ranges and east of Morwell. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Scaevola ramosissima". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Carolin, R.C. "Scaevola ramosissisma". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Scaevola famosissima". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  4. "Scaevola famosissima". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  5. Krause, Kurt (1912). Das Pflanzenreich (IV ed.). p. 277. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 291. ISBN   9780958034180.