Scaevola hookeri

Scaevola hookeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Goodeniaceae
Genus:	Scaevola
Species:	S. hookeri
Binomial name
Scaevola hookeri (de Vriese) F.Muell. ex Hook.f. [1]
Synonyms
Lobelia hookeri (de Vriese) Kuntze Merkusia hookeri de Vriese

Scaevola hookeri (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.^[2] 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 and also South Australia where it is listed as "endangered".^[2][3]

References

1. ^ "Scaevola hookeri". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=56381. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Scaevola hookeri". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Scaevola~hookeri. Retrieved 2010-01-02. 
3. ^ "Census of South Australian Vascular Plants Edition 5.00". Botanic Gardens of Adelaide & State Herbarium. 2005. http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/pdfs/Census_5.0_web.pdf.