Scaevola platyphylla

Scaevola platyphylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Goodeniaceae
Genus:	Scaevola
Species:	S. platyphylla
Binomial name
	Scaevola platyphylla; Lindl.
Synonyms
	Lobelia platyphylla (Labill.) Kuntze ; Molkenboeria platyphylla (Lindl.) de Vriese; Molkenboeria semiamplexicaulis (DC.) de Vriese; Scaevola candollei de Vriese; Scaevola semiamplexicaulis DC.

Scaevola platyphylla, commonly known as Broad-leaved Fanflower, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. 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.^[1]

The species was formally described in 1839 by English botanist John Lindley in A sketch of the vegetation of the Swan River Colony.^[2]

References

^ "Scaevola platyphylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
^ "Scaevola platyphylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

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[FloraBase-1] "Scaevola platyphylla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[APNI-2] "Scaevola platyphylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 17 November 2012.

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