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Scaevola enantophylla

Scaevola enantophylla
Photo: J. Wrigley, CC BY-SA 3.0

Scaevola enantophylla, the climbing fan-flower, is a scrambling vine from Queensland and New Guinea with yellow fan-shaped flowers and opposite leaves. It is a scrambling forest-edge climber rather than a common garden plant, so growing advice is limited to general tropical vine care.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during the growing season and reduce watering in the cooler, drier months.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile, slightly acidic to neutral mix rich in organic matter.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New Guinea to Bismarck Arch., NE. Queensland
Climate
wet tropical

About

Scaevola enantophylla, commonly known as climbing fan-flower,is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a scrambling vine with yellow fan-shaped flowers, and the only species in the genus with leaves arranged in opposite pairs.

Where it grows

Climbing fan-flower grows near forests on the east coast of Queensland.

Other Scaevola plants

Naupaka · Scaevola acacioides · Common Fanflower · White Fan Flower · Scaevola amblyanthera · Scaevola anchusifolia · Scaevola angulata · Scaevola angustata · Scaevola archeriana · Scaevola argentea · Scaevola auriculata · Scaevola ballajupensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Scaevola enantophylla 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.

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