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Scaevola coriacea
Also called Creeping naupaka, Naupaka
Dwarf naupaka is a low, creeping, flat-lying perennial from the Hawaiian coast, with thick leathery leaves and small white flowers. It is grown as a tough, drought-tolerant ground cover in warm, sunny, well-drained sites.
Scaevola coriacea, the dwarf naupaka, is one of the ten Scaevolas (flowering plants in the Goodenia family, Goodeniaceae), that are endemic to Hawaii.
It was first described in 1842 by Thomas Nuttall, and its specific epithet, coriacea, derives from the Latin, corium, which means leather, and describes the tough, thick, leathery leaves.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
