Goodenia laevis Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Prostrate or ascending, ±woody subshrub, with stock, glabrous; stems to 70 cm long. Leaves oblanceolate to oblong, narrowing basally, entire or with 2 teeth towards apex, thick; lamina 1-3 cm long, 3-6 mm wide. Flowers in racemes or thyrses to 60 cm long; bracts leaf-like; peduncle 5-12 mm long; bracteoles linear, c. 2.5 mm long; pedicel obsolete. Sepals linear, 3-4 mm long. Corolla 10-12 mm long, with few stiff hairs inside, with enations; auriculate; abaxial lobes 3-3.5 mm long; wings 0.5-1 mm wide. Indusium depressed-ovate. Ovules c. 35. Fruit obovoid to cylindrical, 6 mm long; valves separate to midpoint or lower, entire. Seeds elliptic, 1 mm long, colliculate to tuberculate, brown.
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Distribution

Goodenia laevis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383867-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707443
COL ID 6KQFJ
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Synonyms

Goodenia laevis