Scaevola oxyclona
| Scaevola oxyclona | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. oxyclona |
| Binomial name | |
| Scaevola oxyclona F.Muell. | |
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Scaevola oxyclona, commonly known as Tangled Fanflower, is a spiny shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia.[1][2] 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.[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 at Frasers Range and Mount Benjamin.[1]
References
- 1 2 "Scaevola oxyclona". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- 1 2 "Scaevola oxyclona". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
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