Goodeniaceae

Ridgetop naupaka

Scaevola gaudichaudii Hook. & Arn.

Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Scaevola

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Ridgetop naupaka: Naupaka kuahiwi or Ridgetop naupaka Goodeniaceae Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands Seeds for this plant originally come from the northern Waiʻanae Mountains, Oʻah — Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Ridgetop naupaka
Hawaiian: Naupaka, Naupaka kuahiwi

Synonyms

Lobelia gaudichaudii Kuntze
Scaevola menziesiana Cham.
Scaevola montana Gaudich.
Scaevola swezeyana Rock
Temminckia menziesiana (Cham.) de Vriese

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Hawaii: native

Photos

Photo: David Eickhoff from Hawaiʻi, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: David Eickhoff from Pearl City, Hawaii, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.