Goodenia schwerinensis Carolin

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Goodeniaceae > Goodenia

Characteristics

Prostrate to ascending herb, with soft, simple and multicellular hairs; stems to 40 cm long. Basal leaves narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, narrowing basally, dentate to lyrate, with lamina 5-12 cm long, 10-20 mm wide; cauline leaves smaller, not narrowing, with basal lobe on one side. Flowers in racemes to 30 cm long; bracts leaf-like; peduncle 5-15 mm long; bracteoles linear, 4-5 mm long; pedicel 5-20 mm long, not articulate. Sepals linear-triangular, 6-7 mm long. Corolla 12-15 mm long, pubescent inside, with enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 6-7 mm long; wings c. 1.5 mm wide. Indusium depressed-ovate. Ovules c. 30. Fruit cylindrical, c. 10 mm long; valves separating to midpoint, thick, entire. Seeds elliptic, 3 mm long, aculeate, brown.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Found in scrub and spinifex grassland in sandy soil.
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Distribution

Goodenia schwerinensis world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383942-1
WFO ID wfo-0000707564
COL ID 3H2DH
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Synonyms

Goodenia schwerinensis