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Goodenia grandiflora Sims
Large-flowered Goodenia

Reference
Bot.Mag. 23:Tab.890 (1806)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, viscid shrub, 0.4-1.6 m high. Fl. yellow/white, May to Dec. Sandy, gravelly soils. Rocky slopes & breakaways.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 15-50 mm long, 8-25 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, glandular hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 6-15 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-4 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 21-34 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 9-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 13-15 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.2-2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.8-2.5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 15-18 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Central Ranges (CR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

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