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''Scaevola calendulacea'' commonly known as dune fan-flower, is a flowering plant in the family '' Goodeniaceae''. It is a small, mat-forming shrub with blue fan-shaped flowers with a yellow centre and grows on sand dunes in eastern and southern Australia.
''Scaevola calendulacea'' commonly known as dune fan-flower, is a flowering plant in the family '' Goodeniaceae''. It is a small, mat-forming shrub with blue fan-shaped flowers with a yellow centre and grows on sand dunes in eastern and southern Australia.
Description
''Scaevola calendulacea'' is a prostrate shrub growing to 40 cm high with oblong to lance shaped or egg shaped leaves up to long, wide, margins smooth with flattened hairs, and tapering to the base. The blue flowers are borne on terminal spikes up to long,corolla
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long, soft, short hairs on the outside, bearded inside and the wings are wide. Flowering occurs throughout the year and the fruit is white or purplish, globular, smooth, up to in diameter and the ovary has two locule
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Taxonomy and naming
''Scaevola calendulacea'' was first formally described in 1798 by Henry Cranke Andrews as ''Goodenia calendulacea'', but in 1917 was assigned to the genus, '' Scaevola'', by George Claridge Druce.Thespecific epithet
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(''calendulacea'') refers to the similarity to the genus ''Calendula
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Distribution and habitat
This scaevola is a widespread species growing on sand dunes in coastal locations in South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.References
{{- calendulacea Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of Queensland Flora of South Australia Asterales of Australia Plants described in 1798 Taxa named by George Claridge Druce Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews