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Scaevola hookeri

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Goodeniaceae

Scientific name
  
Scaevola hookeri

Order
  
Asterales

Genus
  
Scaevola

Rank
  
Species

Scaevola hookeri

Similar
  
Scaevola platyphylla, Scaevola glabra, Scaevola albida, Scaevola ramosissima

Scaevola hookeri, the creeping fan-flower or alpine fan-flower, is a prostrate perennial herb in the family Goodeniaceae. It is native to eastern Australia. Leaves are 6 to 50 mm long and 2 to 15 mm wide. Flowers are white or blue with a yellowish throat and appear between December and March in the species native range. The species was first formally described by W.H. de Vriese in 1850 in Nederlandsch Kruidkundig Archief and given the name Merkusia hookeri. The species was transferred to the genus Scaevola in 1856. It occurs in grassland and woodland in high altitude areas in Victoria, New South Wales, Tasmania, and also South Australia where it is listed as "endangered".

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Scaevola hookeri Wikipedia