| Dicotyledon | Literature for Scaevola mollis
Wagner et al., 1990, 1999. |
| Goodeniaceae -- The Goodenia Family | Bibliography |
| Scaevola mollis | |
Common name(s): naupaka, naupaka kuahiwi |
| General Information | ||
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| Distribution | In the Hawaiian Islands, endemic to Kaua`i, O`ahu, Moloka`i. | |
| Habit |
Large shrubs 1-2.5 m tall. |
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| Leaves |
Leaves lanceolate to oblanceolate or oblong, 5-15 cm long, 1-5 cm wide, upper surface sparsely pubescent or glabrate, lower surface densely soft gray pubescent, margins minutely toothed, apex acute, base acute-acuminate, petioles 0.5-2 cm long. |
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| Flowers |
Flowers (1-)3 in cymes up to 20 mm long, pubescent with gold, gray, or white hairs, peduncles 2-7 mm long, terminal flower sessile, lateral ones on pedicels 1-2 mm long, these subtended by paired bracteoles; calyx minute or rarely (Kaua`i) with acute lobes 5-10 mm long; corolla purple or rarely white, the tube 12-22 mm long, densely pubescent, the lobes 8-17 mm long, pubescent on outer surfaces, margins winged; stamens ± as long as corolla tube; style 18-23 mm long. |
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| Fruit |
Fruit dark purplish black, oblong, 6-12 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, densely pubescent. |
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| Chromosomes |
2n = 16* |
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