ON THIS PLANT
Scaevola gaudichaudii, the ridgetop naupaka, is a shrub in the family Goodeniaceae. The flowers are yellow. The plant is endemic to Hawaii.It was first described by William J. Hooker and George Arnott Walker-Arnott in 1832 in the Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage... and was given the specific epithet, gaudichaudii, to honour Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Scaevola
- Family
- Goodeniaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Ridgetop naupaka en Mountain naupaka
