#fanflower

A low shrub growing in coastal regions of WA from Shark Bay south to the Bunbury area.

Another WA endemic, found from the Perth region and down the coast to the Dunsborough area, growing in sandy loam and laterite soils.

Named for the resemblance of the foliage to that of the Bugloss genus Anchusa.

Endemic to Western Australia, on coastal plains, limestone ridges and sand dunes.

AKA thick-leaved fanflower.

Quite similar to S. nitida, but having thicker, leathery leaves. Like that species, it grows in sand, on coastal dunes, plains & limestone cliffs, but along most of the WA and SA coastline.

A shrub growing up to 3m in height, in white or grey sand and clay, in coastal limestone cliffs and dunes from Cervantes south and around to Albany.

There are some 130 species in the genus, with the highest diversity and endemicity here in the SW. It's also the only Goodeniaceae genus widespread outside of Australia. In Hawaii fanflowers are called naupaka, and one legend a woman tears the complete ancestral flower in half after a quarrel with her lover. The gods, angered, turn all naupaka flowers into half flowers and the two lovers remained separated until the man can find another whole flower.

Another fanflower, growing above the Darling Scarp in laterite soil on hillsides, breakways and road verges.