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Goodenia verreauxii (de Vriese) K.A.Sheph.
Spindly Verreauxia

Reference
PhytoKeys 152:94 (2020)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 30-140 mm long, 15-40 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 0.8-1.3 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 7-10 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.8-1.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-12 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.3-4.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.6-0.7 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-5(-9) mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Beverley, Dowerin, Toodyay, York.