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beach naupaka

Scaevola taccada

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Hawaii.January 366, February 309, March 374, April 252, May 315, June 275, July 250, August 231, September 208, October 244, November 256, December 359.
Hawaii5,089
United States4,575
Taiwan1,356
China852
Taiwan Province732
Mexico688
Quintana Roo539
Australia477
Queensland403
Taitung County220

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderSunflowers, Bellflowers, Fanflowers, and Allies · Asterales
Familyfanflower family · Goodeniaceae
Genusfanflowers · Scaevola

Sources

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.