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Goodenia helmsii (E.Pritz.) Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 520 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to ascending, rounded shrub, 0.2-1 m high, leaves 2-5.5 mm long, with copious axillary wool; corolla 4-5.5 mm long. Fl. white, Jun to Dec or Jan. Sandy, often gravelly soils.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 November 1998
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 4-5 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.8-2.4 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 4-5.5 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, 0.1-0.2 mm wide, wings present on both sides, 0.1-0.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Denmark, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.