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Goodenia exigua F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 3:142 (1863)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 6-14 mm long, 1-2.2 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-2 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 8-9 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside, 0.4-0.7 mm wide, 0.2-0.5 mm wide on the narrower side. Anthers free. Ovary superior, not gibbose; style 4-5 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. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cranbrook, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.