Goodenia willisiana

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Sandhill goodenia
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Goodenia willisiana near Cleve
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. willisiana
Binomial name
Goodenia willisiana
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Habit in Wyperfeld National Park

Goodenia willisiana, commonly known as sandhill goodenia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to drier areas of south-eastern Australia. It is an erect or ascending perennial herb with crowded elliptic to lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, and yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils.

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Description

Goodenia willisiana is an erect or ascending perennial herb up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall with its foliage covered with white, felt-like hairs. The leaves are crowded at the base of the plant, narrow elliptic to lance-shaped, 40–90 mm (1.6–3.5 in) long and 4–18 mm (0.16–0.71 in) wide, sometimes with wavy edges. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a stalk up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long with linear bracteoles about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The sepals are narrow oblong, about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long, the petals yellow and about 15 mm (0.59 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with wings about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from August to February and the fruit is an oval capsule about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia willisiana was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material collected by James Hamlyn Willis near Redcliffs in 1937. [6] The specific epithet (willisiana) honours J.H. Willis. [5]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in western New South Wales, north-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia, often on sandhills and in mallee communities. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Goodenia willisiana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 Jeanes, Jeff A. "Goodenia willisiana". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia willisiana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  4. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia willisiana". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 531–532. doi: 10.7751/telopea19904905 . Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  6. "Goodenia willisiana". APNI. Retrieved 28 May 2021.