Scaevola nitida (common name - shining fanflower) is an erect shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia. It grows to a height of 0.3 to 3 m, and its blue-purple flowers may be seen from August to December.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. nitida
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Lobelia attenuata (R.Br.) Kuntze | |
Description
editScaevola nitida is a spreading shrub growing up to 3 m tall, glabrous, and is sticky when young. The leaves have no stalk and are obovate to narrowly elliptic, and toothed, with the leaf blade itself being from 2 to 8.7 cm long by 7–40 mm wide. The flowers occur in terminal spikes which are up to 6.5 cm long. The sepals are rim-like and 0.3 mm high. The blue to lilac corolla is 13–20 mm long, pilose or glabrous outside, and bearded inside. The ovary is 2-locular. The grooved fruit is cylindrical and up to 4 mm long, and is smooth.[5]
Distribution and habitat
editIt is found in the IBRA Regions of the Esperance Plains, the Geraldton Sandplains, the Jarrah Forest region, the Swan Coastal Plain, and the Warren biogeographic region, growing on white or grey sand and clay, in coastal limestone cliffs and dunes.[4]
Taxonomy and etymology
editIt was first described and named by Robert Brown in 1810,[1][2] and its specific epithet, nitida, is a Latin adjective meaning "shining".[6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Scaevola nitida". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 584.
- ^ "Scaevola nitida R.Br. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
- ^ a b "Scaevola nitida". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Carolin, R.C. (2020). "Scaevola nitida". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra. Retrieved 2020-03-23.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ "nitidus,-a,-um". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 2020-03-23.