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Goodenia brachypoda (Benth.) Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 558 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate herb, stems to 25 cm. Fl. yellow, Sep. Red sandy loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-40 mm long, 3-12 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 7-9 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4-4.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-12 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2-2.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-7.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.8-1 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Occurs in the Victoria Bonaparte (VB) and Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep, Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.