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Goodenia heppleana (W.Fitzg.) Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 565 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate or sprawling herb, stems to 50 cm long. Fl. yellow, Mar to Aug.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-60 mm long, 10-25 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-17 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-6 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-9 mm long, hairy; indusia three, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Northern Kimberly (NK) and Central Kimberly (CK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

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