''Scaevola oxyclona'', commonly known as tangled fanflower, is a spiny shrub in the family
Goodeniaceae, native to
Western Australia.
It grows to between 0.1 and 1.5 metres high and produces blue to purple flowers from August to December in its native range.
[ The species was first formally described in 1876 by Victorian Government Botanist ]Ferdinand von Mueller
Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...
in the tenth volume of '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'' based on plant material collected at Frasers Range and Mount Benjamin.[
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References
oxyclona
Eudicots of Western Australia
Asterales of Australia
Plants described in 1876
Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller
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