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Goodenia sp. Stirling Range (R. Cranfield & D. Kabay 9148)

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

Prostrate shrub, 0.03 m high, to 0.35 wide. Fl. blue, Dec. Brown sand, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 August 2001

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-20 mm long, 1-2.8 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-3.3 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.8-2 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 9.5-10 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-3.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-4.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.8-1.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in December. Occurs in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany.