| Goodenia gypsicola | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. gypsicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia gypsicola | |
Goodenia gypsicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to areas of salt lakes in inland Australia. It is a perennial herb with spatula-shaped leaves and racemes of pale blue flowers.
Goodenia gypsicola is a perennial, tuft-forming herb that typically grows to a height of 60 cm (24 in) and sometimes has up to one hundred leaves. The leaves are spatula-shaped, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long and 10 mm (0.39 in) wide, sometimes with two or three lobes. The flowers are arranged in racemes 200–350 mm (7.9–13.8 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 5.5–7 mm (0.22–0.28 in) long with bracts 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long at the base. The sepals are about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long, the corolla pale blue, about 6 mm (0.24 in) long. Flowering occurs in October. [2] [3]
Goodenia gypsicola was first formally described in 2000 by David Eric Symon in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens . [2] [4] The specific epithet (gypsicola) means "gypsum-inhabiting". [5]
This goodenia grows in consolidated gypsum in scattered salt lakes in Western Australia and in the Serpentine Lakes area of South Australia. [2] [3]
Goodenia gypsicola is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. [3]
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