Goodenia tripartita

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Goodenia tripartita
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. tripartita
Binomial name
Goodenia tripartita

Goodenia tripartita is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying to prostrate herb with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, mostly at the base of the plant, and racemes of bright yellow flowers.

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Description

Goodenia tripartita is a low-lying to prostrate herb with stems up to 15 cm (5.9 in) and soft hairs on the foliage. The leaves at the base of the plant are narrow elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 40–70 mm (1.6–2.8 in) long and 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) wide with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 80 mm (3.1 in) long on peduncles 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long with linear bracteoles about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The sepals are linear, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and the petals are bright yellow and about 18 mm (0.71 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long with wings about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide. Flowering occurs from August to October. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia tripartita was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from a specimen he collected between Ongerup and Ravensthorpe in 1961. [3] [5] The specific epithet (tripartita) means "three-partite", referring to the shape of the foliage hair. [3]

Distribution

This goodenia grows in heath in sandy soil, and is found between Morawa, Newdegate and the Stirling Range. [2] [4]

Conservation status

Goodenia tripartita is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. [4]

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References

  1. "Goodenia tripartita". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia tripartita". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 530–531. doi: 10.7751/telopea19904905 . Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 "Goodenia tripartita". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Goodenia tripartita". APNI. Retrieved 11 May 2021.