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Goodenia sp. Mount Bomford (M.D. Barrett 423)

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

Herb. Fl. yellow, Mar. Sand. Rocky slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 November 2001
Image

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-60 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous) or present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 3.5-4.5 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-7.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-1.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 7.5-13 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2.2-4 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.2-5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.5-0.9 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in March. Occurs in the Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.