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Goodenia phillipsiae Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3:548-549 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, ca 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Nov.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed or flat, 15-50 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-15 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 12-13 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-11 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.7-1 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.1-1.2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5-8.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in November. Occurs in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ravensthorpe.