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Goodenia trichophylla Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:67-68 (1868)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.3 m high. Fl. blue/purple-pink, Nov to Dec. Grey sand with lateritic pebbles.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 March 1996

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed or flat, 10-25 mm long, 0.6-1.2 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 12-20 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-6 mm long, glabrous. Corolla blue, 12-18 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4.5-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-13 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.8-2 mm wide, 1.2-1.7 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.5-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-9 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in November and December. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) 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, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coolgardie, Coorow, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Irwin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Murray, Northampton, Ravensthorpe, Victoria Plains, West Arthur, Yalgoo.