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Goodenia arachnoidea Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 557-558 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to ascending herb. Fl. yellow, Jan to Jul. Gravelly sand, laterite, alluvium. Sandstone outcrops & plateaus, rocky hills, near creeks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-60 mm long, 2-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, glandular hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-5 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 7.5-11 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2-2.8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-1.4 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June and July. Occurs in the Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Mitchell, Mount Eliza.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.