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Heart Leaved Fan Flower

Scaevola brookeana F. Müll.

Scaevola brookeana

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Scaevola brookeana, or heart-leaved fan-flower, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia.[1][2] It grows to between 0.2 and 0.7 metres high and produces white or blue flowers from August to December in its native range.[2] The species was formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the tenth volume of Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae based on plant material collected by Sarah Brooks, after whom it is named.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Scaevola brookeana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
  2. ^ a b "Scaevola brookeana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ Von Mueller, Ferdinand and Home, Roderick Weir (Ed) (2006). Regardfully yours: Selected Correspondence of Ferdinand Von Mueller Vol. 3. Peter Lang. p. 783. ISBN 3906757102.
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Scaevola brookeana: Brief Summary

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Scaevola brookeana, or heart-leaved fan-flower, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia. It grows to between 0.2 and 0.7 metres high and produces white or blue flowers from August to December in its native range. The species was formally described by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the tenth volume of Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae based on plant material collected by Sarah Brooks, after whom it is named.

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