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Goodenia byrnesii Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 560-561 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to decumbent herb, stems to 30 cm. Fl. yellow, Jan to Feb. Sand. Edge of creek.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 40-70 mm long, 6-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-40 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-3.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, absent hairs. Corolla yellow, 15-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4.5-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.3-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.7-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January and February. Occurs in the Dampier land (DL), Ord-Victoria Plains (OVP), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) and Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Pindanland, Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.