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Goodenia watsonii F.Muell. & Tate subsp. watsonii

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, semi-woody perennial, herb, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. white/blue, Aug or Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. White or yellow sand, gravelly clay loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 5-9 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2.5-4.7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-5.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.2-0.4 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-6.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) 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, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Westonia, Yilgarn.