Scaevola plumieri(L.) Vahl

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WFO wfo-0000497413 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Scaevola plumieri, photographed by Josiah Londerée
fig. a Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-08 / obs. 196244359
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by sarah caitlin williams
fig. b sarah caitlin williams, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 195401424
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by Claire Herzog
fig. c Claire Herzog, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 192880442
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by Isaac Chacón
fig. d Isaac Chacón, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 194180291
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. e Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 189076793
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas
fig. f Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 188309580
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by Paul Asman
fig. g Paul Asman, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 190676971
Scaevola plumieri, photographed by steve b
fig. h steve b, CC0 1.0 / obs. 182342461

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Native range 63 botanical countries

Regions where Scaevola plumieri is native: Angola, Benin, Cape Provinces, Chagos Archipelago, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Nigeria, Réunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Tanzania, Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto, Andaman Is., Cambodia, Malaya, Nicobar Is., Pakistan, Solomon Is., South China Sea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Florida, Louisiana, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Texas, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Cayman Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles AngolaBeninCape ProvincesCongoGabonGhanaGuineaGuinea-BissauGulf of Guinea Is.Ivory CoastKenyaKwaZulu-NatalLiberiaMadagascarMozambiqueNigeriaSenegalSierra LeoneSomaliaTanzaniaCambodiaMalayaPakistanSolomon Is.Sri LankaVietnamFloridaLouisianaMexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico NorthwestMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestTexasBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorHaitiJamaicaPuerto RicoVenezuela Chagos ArchipelagoMauritiusMozambique Channel Is.RéunionAndaman Is.Nicobar Is.South China SeaBahamasBermudaCayman Is.GalápagosLeeward Is.Netherlands AntillesTurks-Caicos Is.Venezuelan Antilles
Native distribution of Scaevola plumieri, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Angola ANG AFRICA
Benin BEN
Cape Provinces CPP
Chagos Archipelago CGS
Congo CON
Gabon GAB
Ghana GHA
Guinea GUI
Guinea-Bissau GNB
Gulf of Guinea Is. GGI
Ivory Coast IVO
Kenya KEN
KwaZulu-Natal NAT
Liberia LBR
Madagascar MDG
Mauritius MAU
Mozambique MOZ
Mozambique Channel Is. MCI
Nigeria NGA
Réunion REU
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SIE
Somalia SOM
Tanzania TAN
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bermuda BER
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Cayman Is. CAY
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
Galápagos GAL
Haiti HAI
Jamaica JAM
Leeward Is. LEE
Netherlands Antilles NLA
Puerto Rico PUE
Turks-Caicos Is. TCI
Venezuela VEN
Venezuelan Antilles VNA
Florida FLA NORTHERN AMERICA
Louisiana LOU
Mexican Pacific Is. MXI
Mexico Central MXC
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS
Texas TEX
Andaman Is. AND ASIA-TROPICAL
Cambodia CBD
Malaya MLY
Nicobar Is. NCB
Pakistan PAK
Solomon Is. SOL
South China Sea SCS
Sri Lanka SRL
Vietnam VIE
Kazan-retto KZN ASIA-TEMPERATE
Ogasawara-shoto OGA

Not drawn on the map: Kazan-retto, Ogasawara-shoto, Mexican Pacific Is.. We hold no public-domain boundary for these regions, so they are listed rather than guessed at.

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Flowering 90 in flower of 173 examined

Peak flowering in Nov. Each bar is the share of Scaevola plumieri observations in which someone actually recorded the reproductive state and found the plant in flower, not the raw number of flowering records. That distinction matters: people observe plants far more in spring than in winter, so a bare count of flowering records partly measures when people go outside. Dividing by the number examined removes that. 90 of 173 examined observations were in flower, every one of them research grade. The whisker on each bar is a 95% Wilson interval. This is still a global aggregate and not a forecast for your garden: the same species flowers on different dates in different hemispheres. Where a species has fewer than 30 flowering records we do not draw this chart at all. Computed from 10.15468/dl.cgje2x.

Also published as 9 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Lobelia plumieri L.
  • Scaevola ivifolia L'Hér. ex Sweet
  • Scaevola lobelia L.
  • Scaevola macraei de Vriese
  • Scaevola senegalensis C.Presl
  • Scaevola sieberi de Vriese
  • Scaevola thunbergii Eckl. & Zeyh.
  • Scaevola uniflora Stocks
  • Scaevola uvifera Stocks

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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