Goodenia macbarronii explained

Goodenia macbarronii, commonly known as narrow goodenia,[1] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect perennial herb with adventitious roots, toothed, lance-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia macbarronii is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to long and has adventitious roots. The leaves are thick, lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide, with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long on a peduncle up to long, with linear bracts long and bracteoles long, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are linear to elliptic, long, the petals yellow long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings about wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to March and the fruit is an oval capsule long.[2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia macbarronii was first formally described in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea, from specimens collected by E.J. McBarron near Holbrook in 1947.[4] [5] The specific epithet (macbarronii) honours the collector of the type specimens.

Distribution and habitat

Narrow goodenia grows in damp places on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, between the Guyra and Inverell districts of New South Wales and the Wedderburn and Moyhu districts of northern Victoria.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia macbarronii . Royal Botanic Garden Sydney . 6 March 2021.
  2. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia macbarronii . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 5 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Jeanes . Jeff A. . Goodenia macbarronii . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 6 March 2021.
  4. Carolin . Roger C. . Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae). Telopea . 1980 . 3 . 4 . 533–534 . 6 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Goodenia macbarronii. APNI. 6 March 2021.