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Scaevola crassifolia
Also called Thick Leaved Fanflower
Scaevola crassifolia is a low, spreading coastal shrub from Western and South Australia with fleshy, toothed leaves and small white, blue or pale purple fan-shaped flowers. It is a tough, drought-tolerant plant best grown in full sun and very free-draining sandy soil.
Scaevola crassifolia, commonly known as thick-leaved fan-flower, or cushion fanflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae, and is native to coastal areas of Western Australia and South Australia. It is an erect, low-lying or spreading shrub with egg-shaped to round, mostly toothed leaves, spikes of white, blue or pale purple flowers and spherical fruit.
Thick-leaved fan-flower grows in sand on coastal dunes, plains and limestone cliffs from near Carnarvon in Western Australia to near Robe in South Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scaevola crassifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
