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Goodenia quadrilocularis R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. 578 (1810)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender, woody perennial, herb, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec. Sand. Sand dunes, granite slope & outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 September 1999
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 30-100 mm long, 8-24 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-3.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 14-15 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 10-11 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 13-15 mm long, wings present on both sides, 2.2-3.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-12 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Plantagenet.