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Goodenia kingiana Carolin

Reference
Telopea 3: 521-522 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, viscid shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Cliff lines of lateritic breakaways.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-45 mm long, 8-34 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, glandular hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 3-6 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-15 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-5.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 27-37 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 9-13 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 13.4-17 mm long, wings present on both sides, 2.5-3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 19-20 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL) and Murchison (MUR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cue, Meekatharra, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Yalgoo.