Goodenia pusilliflora
| Small-flower goodenia | |
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| Goodenia pusilliflora in Ledknapper Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. pusilliflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia pusilliflora | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Goodenia calogynoides E.Pritz. | |
Goodenia pusilliflora, commonly known as small-flower goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to drier parts of southern Australia. It is a low-lying to ascending herb with oblong to egg-shaped leaves with toothed or lyrate edges, and racemes of small yellow flowers.
Description[edit]
Goodenia pusilliflora is a low-lying to ascending herb with stems up to 20 cm (7.9 in) long. The leaves at the base of the plant are oblong to egg-shaped, sometimes narrow lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 15–80 mm (0.59–3.15 in) long and 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) wide, with toothed to lyrate edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 10–70 mm (0.39–2.76 in) long. The sepals are elliptic, about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and the corolla is yellow, 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and hairy towards the centre. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long with wings 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from July to October and the fruit is a slightly flattened spherical capsule, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long.[2][3][4][5][6]
Taxonomy and naming[edit]
Goodenia pusilliflora was first formally described in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller in The Victorian Naturalist.[7][8]
In 1990, Roger Charles Carolin selected the specimens collected at the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers collected by Charlotte Holding as the lectotype.[9] The specific epithet (pusilliflora) means "very small-flowered".[10]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This goodenia grows in a variety of communities where water lies after rain in the drier areas of Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria.[2][3][4][5][6]
Gallery[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b "Goodenia pusilliflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b c Jeanes, Jeff A. "Goodenia pusilliflora". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia pusilliflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Goodenia pusilliflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b "Goodenia pusilliflora". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia pusilliflora". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia pusilliflora". APNI. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1888). "Description of an hitherto unrecorded Goodenia, indigenous also to Victoria". The Victorian Naturalist. 5 (1): 11–13. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 548. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 287. ISBN 9780958034180.