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Goodenia gibbosa Carolin

Reference
Telopea 2:68 (1980)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to decumbent herb, stems, often stoloniferous, to 40 cm. Fl. yellow, Jul. Sandy soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-60 mm long, 7-17 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 30-65 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 13-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-4.7 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-9 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.7-1.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-1.7 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July. Occurs in the Central Ranges (CR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Great Sandy Desert.
IBRA Subregions
Mann-Musgrave Block.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ngaanyatjarraku.