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beach naupaka
Scaevola taccada
25 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
coastal inkberryScaevola plumieri
tree heliotropeHeliotropium arboreum
Japanese cheesewoodPittosporum tobira
Sea AlmondTerminalia catappa
TaupataCoprosma repens
Seven-year AppleCasasia clusiifolia
autograph treeClusia rosea
naupaka kuahiwiScaevola gaudichaudiana
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Hawaii | 5,089 |
|---|---|
| United States | 4,575 |
| Taiwan | 1,356 |
| China | 852 |
| Taiwan Province | 732 |
| Mexico | 688 |
| Quintana Roo | 539 |
| Australia | 477 |
| Queensland | 403 |
| Taitung County | 220 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | Dicots · Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Sunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales |
| Family | fanflower family · Goodeniaceae |
| Genus | fanflowers · Scaevola |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise beach naupaka with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.