Index / Search / Scaevola mollis
§1 Plant
Scaevola mollis Hook. & Arn.
vernacular purple naupaka — species · Goodeniaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Goodeniaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Scaevola
§2a
Native status, by region
- HI Hawaii Native
§2b
County-level range
· 2 counties across 1 state§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 2 counties across 1 state.
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SCMO5 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5407610 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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