Scaevola crassifolia

Scaevola crassifolia is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia and South Australia. Common names include cushion fanflower, thick-leaved fanflower and thick-leaved scaevola.[1][2][3] It grows up to 1.5 metres high and 3 metres wide and produces white, blue or pale purple flowers from July to February in its native range.[1][3]

Scaevola crassifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. crassifolia
Binomial name
Scaevola crassifolia
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms
  • Lobelia crassifolia (Labill.) Kuntze
  • Merkusia crassifolia (Labill.) de Vriese

The similarity to Scaevola nitida is very close - the difference being S. nitida is a larger shrub with thinner leaves.[4]

References
  1. "Scaevola crassifolia". Electronic Flora of South Australia Fact Sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia.
  2. "Scaevola crassifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. "Scaevola crassifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. Barrett, Russell and Eng Pin Tay (2005) Perth Plants, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Perth Western Australia ISBN 1-87647-907-8


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