Goodenia pusilla De Vriese

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Ascending herb to 25 cm tall, strigose; stems sometimes ±stoloniferous. Basal leaves ±petiolate, thin, lanceolate to broadly obovate, entire or with coarse teeth; lamina 2-5 cm long, 4-14 mm wide; axillary hairs dense. Flowers solitary in leaf axils; pedicel c. 2.5 cm long, articulate; bracteoles absent. Sepals lanceolate, c. 2 mm long. Corolla 7-10 mm long, with long, villous hairs inside, without enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes c. 3.5 mm long; wings to 2 mm wide. Indusium depressed-obovate, 0.7 mm long. Ovules 6-10. Fruit ellipsoidal to obovoid, 3.5-4 mm long. Seeds elliptic, 4 mm long, reticulate, brown; wing 0.8 mm wide.
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Growth form herb
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Grows in moist places in forest, woodland and swamps.
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Images

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Distribution

Goodenia pusilla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383924-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707533
COL ID 3H2CR
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Scaevola pusilla Goodenia pusilla Goodenia tenella Goodenia tenella var. major