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Goodenia granitica L.W.Sage & K.A.Sheph.

Reference
Nuytsia 17:335-338, Figs 3c, 4 (2007)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Annual, herb, 0.05-0.35 m high. Brown sandy clay or loam over granite. Bases of outcrops, near water sources, valley floors.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 March 2008

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-100 mm long, 1.5-7 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 30-40 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-3 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 8-9 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.4 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Westonia.