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Goodenia hirsuta F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 3:35 (1862)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to decumbent herb, stems to 30 cm long. Fl. yellow, May. Sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-30 mm long, 2-8 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs, not papillate; margins entire or toothed. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 12-13 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5(-6) mm long, hairy, simple hairs. Corolla 12-13 mm long, hairy on the outside, simple hairs. Flowers in May. 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, Ord Victoria Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Mann-Musgrave Block.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ngaanyatjarraku.