PLANTS Profile for Scaevola sericea (beach naupaka)

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PLANTS Profile

Scaevola sericea Vahl
beach naupaka

Symbol:

SCSE6

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Goodeniaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N

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Scaevola sericea Vahl

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Distribution:
Scaevola sericea Vahl


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (FL, HI)

Related Taxa:
Scaevola sericea Vahl

View 1 genera in Goodeniaceae, 12 species in Scaevola or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Scaevola sericea var. sericea
beach naupaka

Scaevola sericea var. taccada
beach naupaka

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Scaevola sericea Vahl

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Campanulales
Family	Goodeniaceae – Goodenia family
Genus	Scaevola L. – naupaka
Species	Scaevola sericea Vahl – beach naupaka

U.S. Weed Information:
Scaevola sericea Vahl

beach naupaka

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

FLEPPC

Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1999. Invasive plant list (19 October 1999). Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council. Florida.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Scaevola sericea Vahl

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU

Scaevola taccada [=SCSET]:

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Scaevola sericea Vahl

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 505045.

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Scaevola sericea Vahl

University of Hawaii Campus Plants: images

Time Generated: 09/23/2008 07:21 AM MDT