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Goodenia berringbinensis Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 537-538 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending annual, herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct. Red sandy loam. Along watercourses.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-360 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 2.5-4 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-12 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4.2-5.7 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-18 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-6.3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-9 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-2.7 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL) and Murchison (MUR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Hamersley, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Northampton, Upper Gascoyne, Yalgoo.