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Goodenia laevis Benth.
Smooth Goodenia

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:61 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or prostrate shrub, 0.02-0.25 m high, leaves linear to widely spathulate, entire or 2-lobed at apex. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec. Sand, clay or loam soils, laterite. Open mallee shrublands.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.