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Goodenia microptera F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. 3:34 (1862)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or sprawling herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow, Feb to Oct. Red or white sand, stony loam. Coastal plains, sand dunes, limestone ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 25-65 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 20-42 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 15-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Murchison (MUR), Carnarvon (CAR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD), Dampier land (DL) and Tanami (TAN) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) and Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.