Goodenia concinna explained

Goodenia concinna is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to coastal area of southern Western Australia. It is a perennial, herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves, and racemes of yellow or cream-coloured flowers.

Description

Goodenia concinna is an erect to ascending perennial herb that typically grows to a height of . The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped, long and wide. The flowers are arranged in a raceme up to long with leaf-like bracts at the base, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are lance-shaped to narrow elliptic, long and the corolla is yellow to cream-coloured and long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings about wide. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule long.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia concinna was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis.[2] [3] The specific epithet (concinna) means "neat, pretty or elegant".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in sandy heath and forest near the south coast of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Goddenia concinna is classified as "not threatened" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia concinna . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 6 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Goodenia concinna. APNI. 6 January 2021.
  3. Book: Bentham . George . von Mueller . Ferdinand . Flora Australiensis . 4. 1868 . Lovell Reeve & Co. . London . 76 . 6 January 2021.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 168 . 3rd.