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Goodenia scapigera R.Br. subsp. scapigera

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

Erect, glabrous perennial, herb, 0.3-1.2 m high, leaves not fasciculate, linear to narrowly ovate, entire or dentate. Fl. yellow-white, Aug to Dec or Jan or Apr to May. Gravelly clay, sand or loam, granite, laterite, limestone, quartzite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4.5-7 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 12-17 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5.5-8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.4-0.8 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-7.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, August and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Coolgardie, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Yilgarn, York.