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Goodenia sp. Carnarvon Range (D.J. Edinger Nats 30)

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

Erect, tomentose shrub. Fl. yellow, Aug. Red sand, sandstone. Dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 2003

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-35 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 3-3.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels (5-)8-9 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 13-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-7 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.8-1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-1.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-6.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Little Sandy Desert.
IBRA Subregions
Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wiluna.