Scaevola crassifolia

Scaevola crassifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola
Species:
S. crassifolia
Binomial name
Scaevola crassifolia
Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Synonyms
  • Lobelia crassifolia (Labill.) Kuntze
  • Merkusia crassifolia (Labill.) de Vriese

Scaevola crassifolia is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae, native to Western Australia and South Australia. Common names include cushion fanflower, thick-leaved fanflower and thick-leaved scaevola. It grows up to 1.5 metres high and 3 metres wide and produces white, blue or pale purple flowers from July to February in its native range.

The similarity to Scaevola nitida is very close - the difference being S. nitida is a larger shrub with thinner leaves.