Accession Data:
Scaevola taccada (Gaertn.) Roxb.
- Common Name: Beach Naupaka, Beach Cabbage
- Family: Goodeniaceae
- Country of Origin: Hawaii, coastal areas of Indian and Pacific Ocean islands
- Habitat: hot dry coastal areas
- Description: Beach naupaka is a robust bushy evergreen shrub to 10 ft (3.1 m) tall and about as wide. Its habit is a dense, multibranched mound of light green foliage. Branches root where they touch the ground. The leaves are 3-6 in (7.6-15.2 cm) long and crowded at the tips of the twigs. Beach naupaka is sometimes called half-flower because the flowers have petals on just one side, like a hand fan. The five petals are white to pale violet. It blooms most of the year with a peak in summer. The mature fruits are fleshy white drupes about 0.5 in (1.3 cm) long.
- USDA Zone: 10-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198900049
- Source: Hurov's (seed)
- Accession Date: 12-31-1989
- Bench: 1201 - AUS:West Bench NN
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-23-2022
- Restrictions:
- Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!
- Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid II
- Order: Asterales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Goodeniaceae
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Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Kenya / Tanzania / KwaZulu-Natal / Mauritius / Madagascar / Reunion / China Southeast / Japan / Taiwan / India / Sri Lanka / Andaman Is. / Thailand / Borneo / Jawa / Malaya / Philippines / Sulawesi / Sumatera / Christmas I. / New Guinea / Northern Territory / Queensland / Western Australia / Fiji / Niue / New Caledonia / Pitcairn Is. / Caroline Is. / Marianas / Hawaii
References (external):
- Floridata
- Hawaiian Native Plant Propagation Database
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Friday, September 09, 2016.
- Scaevola taccada at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, September 09, 2016.
data regenerated on Wed, 23 Mar 2022 09:46:01 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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