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White Fan Flower

Scaevola albida

Also called White Fanflower

White Fan Flower
Photo: Geoffrey Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SE. Queensland to SE. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Scaevola albida, commonly known as pale fan-flower or small-fruit fan-flower, is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending perennial herb with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, sometimes with toothed edges, pale blue or white fan-shaped flowers and elliptic fruit.

Where it grows

Pale fan-flower grows near coastal scrubland, grassy headlands and ranges in New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Victoria and Queensland.

Other Scaevola plants

Naupaka · Scaevola acacioides · Common Fanflower · Scaevola amblyanthera · Scaevola anchusifolia · Scaevola angulata · Scaevola angustata · Scaevola archeriana · Scaevola argentea · Scaevola auriculata · Scaevola ballajupensis · Scaevola basedowii

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scaevola albida by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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