Fairy Fan-flower
Scaevola aemula R.Br.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- —
- tall
- 34 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Goodeniaceae
Formerly Lobelia aemula, Merkusia aemula, Merkusia sinuata
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Desert or dry shrublandKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- AustraliaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 23 cm to 46 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Purple, blueRead from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (10)
- Finnish
- Siniviuhka
- Swedish
- femtunga
- Chinese
- 紫扇花, 蓝扇花
- Russian
- Сцевола приятная
- Hebrew
- סקיבולה
- Chinese (China)
- 蓝扇花
- Polish
- Scewola zwodnicza
- German
- Blaue Fächerblume
- Slovak
- vejárnatka austrálska
- Lithuanian
- Paprastoji skeptrenė
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- 3D model: Scaevola aemula (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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