Goodenia suffrutescens Carolin

Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-190 mm long, 10-40 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-3 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2.5-5.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-4.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla violet, 18-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3.7-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1-1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.5-2.2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 11-12 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in June, July and August. Occurs in the Great Sandy Desert (GSD) and Tanami (TAN) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).