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Scaevola tenuifolia

Scaevola tenuifolia is a low, spreading, prostrate herb from Western Australia with white to blue flowers, found on quartzite soils in the Stirling Range region. It suits open, sunny, well-drained spots and is grown in gardens as a groundcover.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Scaevola tenuifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a prostrate herb with white to blue flowers and endemic to Western Australia.

Where it grows

This scaevola grows in quartzite soils on East Mount Barren and Thumb Peak range.

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 tenuifolia 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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