Goodenia pinifolia

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Goodenia pinifolia
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Near Wongan Hills
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. pinifolia
Binomial name
Goodenia pinifolia
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Habit near Wubin

Goodenia pinifolia, commonly known as pine-leaved goodenia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear or tapering leaves on the stems, loose racemes of white or pale blue flowers, and more or less spherical fruit.

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Description

Goodenia pinifolia is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in). The leaves on the stems are linear to tapering, 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in loose racemes up to 150 mm (5.9 in) long on a peduncle up to 60 mm (2.4 in) long with linear bracts up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long and linear bracteoles up to 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel up to 8 mm (0.31 in) long with linear sepals 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long and a white or pale blue corolla 9–15 mm (0.35–0.59 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long with wings 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) in diameter. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia pinifolia was first formally described in 1854 by Willem Hendrik de Vriese in the journal Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. [4] [5] The specific epithet (pinifolia) means "pine-leaved". [6]

Distribution and habitat

Pine-leaved goodenia grows on sandplains between Perenjori and Ravensthorpe in the south-west of Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

This goodenia is classified as "not threatened" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia). [2]

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References

  1. "Goodenia pinifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Goodenia pinifolia". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia pinifolia". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. "Goodenia pinifolia". APNI. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  5. de Vriese, Willem H. (1854). "Goodenovieae". Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem. 10: 157–158. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 278. ISBN   9780958034180.