Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Scaevola plumieri

beachberry, inkberry, gullfeed
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

beachberry, inkberry, gullfeed

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Scaevola plumieri

Familia:

Goodeniaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

Shrub

Tamaño:

4–6 ft tall by 4–8 ft wide

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

black

Fenología:

Evergreen

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

If present in the landscape, retain. Use as a shrub in coastal areas where it can make a nice screen, form a hedge, or be a foundation plant. Also appropriate for dune stabilization.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Native Nurseries

Propagación:

Seed and layering.

Luz:

Full Sun

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Not wet but not extremely dry -a- Very long very dry periods

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

High. Can tolerate significant and ongoing amounts of salt

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand

pH del suelo:

Calcareous (high pH)

Apto para cultivo en:

10A,10B,11

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds

Bees are believed to be the primary pollinators. Also attracts wasps, moths, and ants.

Fruits attract birds.

Hábitats nativos:

Coastal sites

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

This is a rare plant. Please acquire from a reputable nursery. It is close kin to an invasive exotic (S. Frutescens)from Australia -- be sure you are planting the native.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Gann, G.D, C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Inkberry, Beachberry, Gullfeed [in] Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Scaeplum ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, FL.


Haehle, Robert G. and Joan Brookwell. (1999). Native Florida Plants. Gulf Publishing Company. Houston, TX.


Raju, Aluri Jacob Solomon, Kunuku Venkata Ramana & Banisetti Dileepu Kumar. (2019). Pollination ecology of the coastal pantropical hermaphroditic shrub Scaevola taccada (Goodeniaceae). Phytologia Balcanica 25(2): 191–202, Sofia, 2019. ( ). Accessed 2026.


Wunderlin, R. P, B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

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