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Goodenia brendannarum K.A.Sheph.

Reference
PhytoKeys 152:86 (2020)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-65 mm long, 8-20 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 6-10 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-12 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-8.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow or orange, 11-15 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5-8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-9.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.8-2.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary superior, not gibbose; style 3.2-5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. 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, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.