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Goodenia bicolor Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:80 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ephemeral or annual, herb, 0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow/yellow & purple, May to Sep. Sandy loam, sand, clay. Seasonally damp areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-90 mm long, 5-28 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 0.5-2 mm long, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-15 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-1.3 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 7-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2.4-2.6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-5.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.7-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Dampier land (DL), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Northern Kimberly (NK) and Central Kimberly (CK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland.
IMCRA Regions
Kimberley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.