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Goodenia eremophila E.Pritz.

Reference
Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:558-559 (1905)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending herb, 0.3-0.6(-0.9) m high. Fl. blue, Oct to Dec. Red sandy soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-120 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2.5-5 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4-9 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla blue, 16-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-4.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9-12 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1-2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.5-2.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 12-13 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in October, November and December. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Central, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Rudall, Shield, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Menzies, Sandstone, Wiluna.