Goodenia lanata R.Br.

Species

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Characteristics

Prostrate or decumbent, perennial herb, with soft, silvery grey, multicellular, crisped, simple hairs; stems to 30 cm long. Leaves basal on stock, obovate, narrowing basally, dentate to lyrate, hairy on both surfaces; lamina 1-8 cm long, 5-20 mm wide; cauline leaves smaller. Flowers in racemes to 20 cm long; bracts leaf-like; peduncle 2-6 cm long; bracteoles linear, 3-5 mm long; pedicel 1-4 cm long, not articulate. Sepals narrowly oblong, 5-6 mm long. Corolla 10-15 mm long, pubescent inside, usually without enations, indistinctly auriculate; abaxial lobes 5-6 mm long; wings c. 2 mm wide. Indusium broadly oblong, slightly folded. Ovules 10-12. Fruit ovoid to cylindrical, 6-7 mm long; valves deeply bifid. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, pale yellow.
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Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Grows in woodland and forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Images

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Distribution

Goodenia lanata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383869-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707446
COL ID 6KQFK
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Goodenia lanata Goodenia geniculata var. lanata