Goodenia dyeri explained

Goodenia dyeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an ascending herb with egg-shaped, toothed leaves at the base of the plant, with solitary yellow flowers in the leaf axils.

Description

Goodenia dyeri is an ascending herb that typically grows to a height of with soft, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are mostly arranged at the base of the plant and are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base and toothed or lyre-shaped, long and wide. The flowers are arranged singly in the axils of the leaves at the base of the plant with linear bracteoles about long, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped, about long, the corolla yellow 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 in diameter.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia dyeri was first formally described in 1912 by Kurt Krause in Adolf Engler's journal Das Pflanzenreich from material collected near the railway between Cunderdin and Dedari in 1903.[2] [3] The specific epithet (dyeri) honours William Turner Thiselton-Dyer, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1885–1905.[4]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows on undulating plains between Cowcowing and Kalgoorlie in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Goodenia dyeri is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia dyeri . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 19 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Goodenia dyeri. APNI. 19 January 2021.
  3. Krause . Kurt . Engler . Heinrich G.A. (ed.) . Goodeniaceae. . Das Pflanzenreich IV . 1912 . 54 . 277 . 56 . 19 January 2021.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 3rd. 188.