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Goodenia pinifolia de Vriese
Pine-leaved Goodenia

Reference
Natuurk.Verh.Holl.Maatsch.Wetensch.Haarlem 157 (1854)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect or spreading shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Dec or Mar. Sandy or clayey soils, laterite. Sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 February 2000
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed or flat, 10-35 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-15 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 9-12 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 1.5-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-6.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.2-0.4 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, August and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Chittering, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dundas, Greater Geraldton, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Morawa, Narembeen, Northam, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.