Goodenia arthrotricha explained

Goodenia arthrotricha is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to south-western Western Australia. It is an erect perennial, herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, racemes of blue flowers with linear bracteoles at the base, and oval fruit.

Description

Goodenia arthrotricha is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of and has unribbed stems. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide and sessile, the leaves on the stem smaller than those at the base. The flowers are arranged in a thyrse up to long on a peduncle long with linear bracteoles long at the base, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are lance-shaped, long and the corolla is blue and long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about long with wings about wide. Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is an oval capsule long.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia arthrotricha was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by James Drummond.[2] [3] The specific epithet (arthrotricha) means "jointed hair".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows between granite rocks near Wannamal in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Goddenia arthrotricha is classified as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia arthrotricha . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 20 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Goodenia arthrotricha. APNI. 15 December 2020.
  3. Book: Bentham . George . von Mueller . Ferdinand . Flora Australiensis . 1868 . Lovell Reeve & Co. . London . 61 . 20 December 2020.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 138 . 3rd.