Scaevola ramosissima
| Purple fan-flower | |
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| Purple fan-flower at Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Scaevola |
| Species: | S. ramosissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Scaevola ramosissima (Sm.) K.Krause
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
| Synonyms | |
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Scaevola hispida Cav. | |
Scaevola ramosissima, known as the purple fan-flower or snake flower, is a small shrub or climber[1] in the family Goodeniaceae, native to south eastern Australia. The habitat is often near the sea, on poor sandy soils frequented by fire. Growing in the eucalyptus forest or heathlands.
Description[]
It grows to 40 cm in height and produces attractive purple flowers between the months of August and March. It grows along the ground with some raised shoots.
Leaves without stems, 2 to 10 cm long and 2 to 10 mm wide.[2] Leaves thin and somewhat reverse lanceolate in shape. The leaf edges may or may not be toothed.
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