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Goodenia gloeophylla Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 534-535 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, viscid perennial, herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. purple, May to Aug. Sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-40 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-10 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla purple, 11 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.5-0.8 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.