Goodenia hispida explained

Goodenia hispida is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem leaves and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia hispida is an ascending herb that typically grows to a height of with egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem-leaves long and wide, sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are lance-shaped, long and the petals yellow, long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings about wide. Flowering mainly occurs from February to May and the fruit is an oval capsule long.^[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia hispida was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.^{[2] [3]} The specific epithet (hispida) means "with rough or prickly hairs".^[4]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in forest in northern parts of the Northern Territory.^[5]

Conservation status

Goodenia hispida is listed as of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia hispida . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 17 February 2021.
2. Web site: Goodenia hispida. APNI. 17 February 2021.
3. Book: Brown . Robert . Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen . 1810 . London . 577 . 17 February 2021.
4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 218 . 3rd.
5. Web site: Goodenia hispida . Northern Territory Government . 17 February 2021.