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Goodenia cusackiana (F.Muell.) Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 556 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading, semi-woody perennial, herb, 0.05-0.6 m high, forming colonies to 1 m wide; with hairy leaves. Fl. yellow, Jul to Sep. Sand, stony loam. Rocky hillside, gorges, undulating plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed or unribbed. Leaves flat, 30-70 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 12-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense or sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.5-7 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.8-1 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.2-1.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August and September. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL) and Carnarvon (CAR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Meekatharra.