Goodenia hirsuta F.Muell.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Prostrate to decumbent herb, hirsute, with not appressed, simple hairs and short, glandular hairs; stems to 30 cm long. Basal leaves narrowly obovate, coarsely dentate; lamina 4-10 cm long, 15-35 mm wide. Flowers in racemes to 3 cm long, or subumbels; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 20-40 mm long, articulate; bracteoles usually absent. Sepals narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, 3.5-4.5 mm long. Corolla 14-15 mm long, hairy in throat, without enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 4-5 mm long; wings 0.5-1 mm wide, sometimes narrower above auricle. Indusium broadly ovate, 1.5 mm long. Ovules 35-40. Fruit ovoid to ellipsoidal, 8 mm long. Seeds elliptic to orbicular, 3 mm long, glossy, black; wing scarcely delimited from body, c. 0.5 mm wide, paler than body, membranous.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Images

Goodenia hirsuta unspecified picture

Distribution

Goodenia hirsuta world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383855-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707421
COL ID 3H29R
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Synonyms

Goodenia hirsuta Goodenia mollissima Goodenia mitchellii var. mollissima