Goodenia calcarata F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Erect, annual herb to 60 cm tall, glaucous, glabrous or coarsely glandular-hairy. Leaves obovate to oblong, dentate and/or lyrate; lamina 2-5 cm long, 10-35 mm wide; petiole to 20 cm long. Flowers in racemes, to 15 cm long; lower bracts leaf-like, upper ones linear, smaller; peduncle 2-7 mm long; bracteoles absent or deltoid, to 1 mm long; pedicel 10-25 mm long, indistinctly articulate. Sepals narrowly elliptic, c. 5 mm long. Corolla 10-15 mm long, with few, short, often purplish hairs inside, with enations, scarcely auriculate, spurred; abaxial lobes 6-9 mm long; wings 1.5-2 mm wide. Indusium broadly elliptic. Ovules to 35. Fruit ovoid, 12-15 mm long; valves bifid. Seeds elliptic, 3.5 mm long, yellowish, tuberculate.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.6
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Usually found in stony situations.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

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Distribution

Goodenia calcarata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383795-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707300
COL ID 3H26Z
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Picrophyta calcarata Goodenia calcarata