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Goodenia mueckeana F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 8:56-57 (1873)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending perennial, herb, 0.2-0.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr to Oct. Red sandy soils. Sandplains & sand dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-65 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire, toothed or lobed. Bracteoles present, 2-5 mm long, hairy, with hairy hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-9 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with dendritic hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-6 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 13-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, dendritic hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5.5-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4.5-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Southern Cross, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Coolgardie, East Pilbara, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna.