Goodenia heppleana (W.Fitzg.) Carolin

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Erect to prostrate herb, with soft, arcuate, simple hairs and glandular hairs; stems to 50 cm long. Basal leaves oblanceolate, dentate, with lamina c. 8 cm long, 10-15 mm wide; cauline leaves smaller, almost sessile, sometimes cordate, not auriculate. Flowers in racemes to 40 cm long; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 18-25 mm long, mostly glandular-hairy, not articulate; bracteoles absent. Sepals lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 3.5 mm long. Corolla 10-12 mm long, hairy in throat, without enations; abaxial lobes 4-5 mm long; wings 0.5-1 mm wide. Style 3-fid. Median indusium depressed-ovate, 0.5 mm long, laterals asymmetrically oblanceolate. Ovules not seen. Fruit globular, 4 mm diam.; valves not separating to base, not gaping. Seeds elliptic, 3.5 mm long, verrucose, yellowish brown.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Found in open forest and woodland.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Goodenia heppleana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947778-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707409
COL ID 3H29H
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Calogyne heppleana Goodenia heppleana