Goodeniaceae
Purple naupaka
Scaevola mollis
- Family
- Goodeniaceae
- Genus
- Scaevola
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Purple naupaka
Synonyms
- Lobelia mollis Kuntze
- Scaevola mollis var. albiflora O.Deg. & Greenwell
- Scaevola wahiawaensis H.St.John
- Temminckia mollis (Hook. & Arn.) de Vriese
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: native
Photos
Photo: John Game, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Quinn Campbell, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Damien Wallace, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kevin Faccenda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Neal Kelso, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.