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Goodenia strangfordii F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 6:11,Tab.52 (1867)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, diffuse herb, to 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow. Heavy & seasonally wet soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-40 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 25-40 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4.2-5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 18-19 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-4 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 10-11 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 2 mm wide on the narrower side, 2.7 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Occurs in the Great Sandy Desert (GSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
McLarty, Purnululu, Tanami Desert.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.