Common name
Pale Fanflower; Small-fruit fan-flower
Position
Full sun
Flower shape and colour
Fan shaped, blue
Form
Prostrate
Suitability for landscaping
Ground cover, cut flowers and grass swards. As an ornamental foreground or under shrub planting in semi shaded areas. Planted en-mass for erosion and weed control in borders, verges, raised beds and rockeries (Thompson, BGofSA)
propagation
From cuttings (Wrigley, Fagg, 2013, p. 126)
Cultivation
The State Flora’s Nursery publishes that is supplies Scaevola albida tubestock in its current catalogue (South Australia 2024, State Flora Nursery Catalogue, p. 35).
References | acknowledgements
- Atlas of Living Australia 2025, Scaevola albida, Provides a details of the native groundcover: Scaevola albida.
- Botanic Gardens of South Australia 2025, Scaevola albida. Provides a details of the native groundcover: Scaevola albida
- Government of South Australia 2024, State Flora Nursery Catalogue, Provides a comprehensive list of South Australian Natives which can be purchased through the State Flora nursary.
- Raebos 2023, White Fanflower (Scaevola albida), Provides information about the image of the Scaevola albida (White Fanflower) presented in iNaturalist in the Atlas of Living Australia.
- Molyneux, B, Forrester, S 2004, The Australian A-Z of Australian plants, New Holland (Australia) Pty. Ltd., Sydney.
- Thompson, P 2012, Australian planting design, CSIRO, Sydney.
- Wrigley, J, Fagg, M 2013, Australian Native Plants, Reed New Holland, Sydney.