''Scaevola platyphylla'', commonly known as broad-leaved fanflower, is a shrub in the family
Goodeniaceae
Goodeniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus '' Scaevola'', which is pantropical. Its species are found a ...
. It is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1.3 metres high and have blue to purple flowers that appear between August and January in their native range.
The species was formally described in 1839 by English botanist
John Lindley
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
Early years
Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley ...
in ''
A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony
"A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony", also known by its standard botanical abbreviation ''Sketch Veg. Swan R.'', is an 1839 article by John Lindley on the flora of the Swan River Colony. Nearly 300 new species were published in it, ...
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Gallery
Scaevola platyphylla - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (2).jpg
Scaevola platyphylla - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (1).jpg
References
platyphylla
Eudicots of Western Australia
Asterales of Australia
Taxa named by John Lindley
Plants described in 1839
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