Goodenia humilis explained

Goodenia humilis, commonly known as swamp goodenia,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a weak, perennial herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves mostly at the base of the plant, and racemes or thyrses of yellow or yellowish-brown flowers.

Description

Goodenia humilis is a weak, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of with linear to lance-shaped stem-leaves with the narrower end towards the base, mostly arranged at the base of the plant, long and wide, sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes or thyrses slightly longer than the leaves, with linear bracts long and bracteoles long. Each flower is on a pedicel long with linear to lance-shaped sepals long. The petals are yellow or yellowish-brown, long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings about wide. Flowering mainly occurs from November to March and the fruit is an oval capsule long.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia humilis was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[6] [7] The specific epithet (humilis) means "low or small".[8]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in swampy places and damp areas in woodland and grassland. It is widespread and locally common in Victoria but also occurs in Tasmania, the far south-east of South Australia and in New South Wales, south from Wapengo Lake.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walshe . Jemma . Goodenia humilis . Australian National Botanic Gardens . 18 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia humilis . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 19 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Goodenia humilis . State Herbarium of South Australia . 19 February 2021.
  4. Web site: Jeanes . Jeff A. . Goodenia humilis . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 19 February 2021.
  5. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia humilis . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 19 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Goodenia humilis. APNI. 19 February 2021.
  7. Book: Brown . Robert . Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen . 1810 . London . 575 . 19 February 2021.
  8. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 220 . 3rd.