Goodenia argillacea Carolin

Species

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Characteristics

Herb with erect, main stem and weak, decumbent branches, glabrous; branches to 70 cm long. Cauline leaves oblong to linear, margins slightly recurved, sometimes slightly auriculate, obscurely dentate; lamina 2-4.5 cm long, 2.5-6 mm wide. Flowers in racemes to 60 cm long; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 2.5-4 cm long, slender, not articulate; bracteoles absent. Sepals lanceolate, 2.5 mm long. Corolla 10-12 mm long, with few hairs inside, without enations; abaxial lobes c. 2.5 mm long; wings c. 1 mm wide. Indusium depressed-obovate, 1 mm long. Ovules 6-8. Fruit obovoid, 3-3.5 mm long. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, minutely colliculate or smooth and dull.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
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Found in Melaleuca scrub on calcareous clay.
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Distribution

Goodenia argillacea world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939339-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707273
COL ID 3H267
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Synonyms

Goodenia argillacea