Goodenia maideniana Fitzger.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Prostrate or decumbent herb, strigose; stems to 40 cm long. Basal leaves ±petiolate, obovate, dentate, thick; lamina 1-5 cm long, 4-15 mm wide. Flowers in racemes to 35 cm long, or subumbels; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 1.5-3.5 cm long, articulate; bracteoles absent. Sepals oblong to elliptic, 3-4 mm long. Corolla 12-15 mm long, hairy toward base inside, without enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 5-6 mm long; wings to 3 mm wide. Indusium broadly oblong, 1 mm long. Ovules to 30. Fruit cylindrical to obovoid, to 5 mm long. Seeds broadly elliptic, 3.8 mm long, reticulate, black; wings c. 1 mm wide.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Environment

Usually found on the margins of salt lakes.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Distribution

Goodenia maideniana world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383886-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707467
COL ID 6KPVY
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Synonyms

Goodenia maideniana