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Goodenia pusilliflora F.Muell.
Smallflower Goodenia

Reference
Victorian Naturalist 5:11 (1888)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Decumbent to ascending annual, herb, 0.01-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Sand, sandy or clay loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 18 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-45 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins lobed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-17 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 8-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2-2.2 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.3-4 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.6-0.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.2-5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Mount Marshall, Perenjori, Quairading, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.