''Scaevola gaudichaudii'', the ridgetop naupaka, is a shrub in the family

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. The flowers are yellow. The plant is

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. It was first described by William J. Hooker and

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in 1832 in the ''Botany of Captain Beechey's Voyage...'' and was given the specific epithet, ''gaudichaudii'', to honour

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Description

It grows to a height of , spreading to a diameter of and has a life span of about five years. This Scaevola likes full sun and harsh, dry, and windy locations. It flowers all year round with flowers which are weakly fragrant, and vary in colour from dark yellow, brownish-yellow to pinkish. The drupes are small and purple. The leaves are from to long and are slightly toothed.

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* gaudichaudii Endemic flora of Hawaii Taxa named by William Jackson Hooker Plants described in 1832 Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Asterales-stub