Scaevola aemula
Blue Fan Flower ( Scaevola aemula )
The Blue Fan Flower ( Scaevola aemula ) is a plant of the genus fan flowers ( Scaevola ) in the family of Goodeniengewächse ( Goodeniaceae ).
Features
The Blue fan flower is an evergreen, perennial herbaceous plant that plant height of 15 ( rarely to 50 ) reaches centimeters. The stem is erect or reclining to upright and branched. No roots form at the nodes ( more nodes ). Stems and leaves are covered with thick, pressed- yellowish hair to almost bald. The leaves are not succulent, obovate to spatulate and hairy. The lower leaves are 1-9 inches long and 0.4 to 3 centimeters wide. At the bottom of it narrowing in the stem. The upper leaves are wrong - ovate-lanceolate, about 1 cm long, sitting and cut up entire. The leaf margins are toothed.
In terminal, up to 25 centimeters long aged men inflorescences are numerous flowers together. The foliage leaf-like bracts have a length of 4.5 to 7 mm. The zygomorphic flowers are hermaphroditic and fünfzählig. The five sepals are fused, 0.5 mm long, broadly triangular and hairy. The five petals are fused at the base. The blue or deep blue-violet, rarely white to pale blue crown measures 10 to 25 ( rarely to 30 ) mm in diameter. The corolla tube is slotted top to the bottom and outside hairy. The five sections are fan-shaped directed to one side, the inside of the base hairy bearded and outside in the middle. It's just a circle with five free stamens present. Two carpels are fused into an ovary. The stylus is located below the ciliated scars cup, along with a group of stiff hairs that are as long as the scars cup.
The heyday in the northern hemisphere typically range from May to October it rarely begins in April, in the home areas correspond August to March. It is a day-neutral plant, is neither short nor long-day plant.
The egg-shaped drupe up to 4.5 mm long and hairy.
Occurrence
The Blue fan flower comes in Southeast Australia and Tasmania before on open, dry sandy and loamy soils in dry bush and sandy coastal areas.
Use
The Blue fan flower is used as an ornamental plant, for example, scattered in hanging baskets and window boxes. It is probably since the end of 20th century culture. There are several varieties, such as 'Blue Wonder' with blue- violet flowers and emerald leaves or ' Brilliant' with blue flowers.
System
The sometimes used for this type name Scaevola saligna G.Forst. is merely a noun nudum, because he was called by G. Forster in 1786 without description from New Caledonia, and therefore can not be used.
Swell
- Description in the New South Wales Flora Online. (English )