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Botanical Family · Asterales

Goodeniaceae

Fan Flower Family

1 speciesOrder Asterales1+ well-known plants

The Goodeniaceae family (Fan Flower Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Asterales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a shrub.

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Representative GOODENIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Goodeniaceae
Key pattern

Simple, often fleshy leaves on herbs and shrubs of coastal and dry habitats; irregular, fan-shaped flowers split open along one side, with all five petal lobes fanning out to one side rather than surrounding the flower evenly.

The lopsided, one-sided fan shape of the corolla — all the petals splayed to one side rather than radiating evenly — is an easy, distinctive field mark for the family.

Family identification method

To check whether a plant belongs to Goodeniaceae, compare the leaf arrangement, leaf type, flower symmetry, fruit type, and one distinctive marker together. A single feature can mislead; the family pattern is the combination.

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Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementAlternate
  • TypeVariable
  • MarginVariable
  • VenationVariable

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceVariable
  • FruitDrupe

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

Beach Plum, Beach Grape, Fan Flower, Half Flower, Sea LettuceScaevola taccada

Families that can look similar

Asteraceae

Compare against Asteraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

Compare Asteraceae

Menyanthaceae

Compare against Menyanthaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

Compare Menyanthaceae

Arecaceae

Compare against Arecaceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

Compare Arecaceae

Moraceae

Compare against Moraceae when the plant shares similar leaves, flowers, or fruit. Confirm by checking the full family pattern.

Compare Moraceae

All 1 species in GOODENIACEAE

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