Goodenia megasepala Carolin

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Prostrate to decumbent herb, with long, tomentose hairs; stems to 25 cm long, often terminating in leaf cluster. Leaves oblanceolate to narrowly elliptic in outline, dentate or pinnately lobed; lamina 4-8 cm long, 5-25 mm wide. Flowers in racemes to 5 cm long, often in subumbels; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 4-6 cm long, indistinctly articulate; bracteoles absent. Sepals lanceolate, 6-8 mm long. Corolla c. 18 mm long, pubescent inside, without enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 6-8 mm long; wings c. 2 mm wide. Indusium broadly oblong, 1.5 mm long. Ovules to 3. Fruit globular, c. 6 mm diam. Seeds (mature seeds not seen) flat, ±orbicular; wing broad.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Grows in red, sandy soil.
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Distribution

Goodenia megasepala world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383888-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707470
COL ID 3H2B3
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Synonyms

Goodenia megasepala