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Goodenia cycloptera R.Br.

Reference
Sturt, Narr.Exped.Cent.Austral. 2, App.:83 (1849)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending to decumbent annual or perennial, herb, to 0.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-50 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, glandular hairs; margins entire or lobed. Bracteoles absent, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-4 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 9-17 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-8 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.4-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.7-1.2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-5.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Central Ranges (CR) and Great Sandy Desert (GSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert.
IBRA Subregions
Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
East Pilbara, Ngaanyatjarraku.