Goodenia vernicosa

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Wavy goodenia
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Status DECF P3.svg
Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. vernicosa
Binomial name
Goodenia vernicosa
Habit near Hawker Goodenia vernicosa habit.jpg
Habit near Hawker

Goodenia vernicosa, commonly known as wavy goodenia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is an erect shrub with sticky, later varnished foliage, elliptic to lance-shaped, sometimes toothed leaves and racemes or thyrses of yellow flowers.

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Description

Goodenia vernicosa is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in) with foliage that is sticky at first, later varnished. The leaves are narrow elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 15–40 mm (0.59–1.57 in) long and 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide, the edges sometimes toothed. The flowers are arranged in racemes or thyrses up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long on a peduncle 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long, with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long. The sepals are linear, 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) long, the petals yellow and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long with wings up to 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to January and the fruit is an oval or cylindrical capsule 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia vernicosa was first formally described in 1919 by John McConnell Black in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia from specimens collected by Ernest Ising on Mount Patawarta near Moolooloo. [4] [5] The specific epithet (vernicosa) means "varnished". [6]

Distribution

This goodenia occurs in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Goodenia vernicosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Goodenia vernicosa". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia vernicosa". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  4. "Goodenia vernicosa". APNI. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  5. Black, John McConnell (1919). "Additions to the Flora of South Australia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 43: 41. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 334. ISBN   9780958034180.