Goodenia prostrata Carolin

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Prostrate herb, glabrous except prominent axillary hair tufts, or with scattered, simple, glandular and/or multicellular hairs; stems to 30 cm long. Basal leaves oblanceolate, dentate, thick; lamina 2-4 cm long, 5-10 mm wide. Flowers in racemes to 30 cm long, or subumbels; bracts leaf-like; pedicel 10-25 mm long, articulate; bracteoles absent. Sepals narrowly elliptic, c. 2.5 mm long. Corolla 12-15 mm long, pubescent inside below throat, without enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 4.5-5 mm long; wings c. 2.5 mm wide. Indusium broadly ovate, 1 mm long, villous. Ovules 8-12. Fruit globular, 4-5 mm diam. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, brown, colliculate; wing 0.2 mm wide, brown.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Grows in sandy soil.
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Distribution

Goodenia prostrata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939331-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707523
COL ID 3H2CG
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Synonyms

Goodenia prostrata