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'ohe naupaka

Scaevola glabra

'ohe naupaka
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'Ohe naupaka is a native Hawaiian shrub in the Goodenia family, grown mainly for its yellow flowers and coastal-hardy habit. It does best in full sun with well-drained soil and little fuss.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil; tolerates salty, sandy coastal soils.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
Hawaiian Is.
Climate
wet tropical

About

Scaevola glabra, the 'ohe naupaka, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. The flowers are yellow.

The plant is endemic to Hawaii, and naturally found on Oʻahu and Kauaʻi.

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 glabra 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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