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Goodenia etheira K.A.Sheph.
Hairy Verreauxia

Reference
PhytoKeys 152:89 (2020)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-50 mm long, 5-8 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-3 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, (8-)12 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.5-6 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-1.1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-4.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Kondinin, Merredin, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Westonia, Yilgarn.