Goodenia pinifolia explained

Goodenia pinifolia, commonly known as pine-leaved goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with linear or tapering leaves on the stems, loose racemes of white or pale blue flowers, and more or less spherical fruit.

Description

Goodenia pinifolia is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of up to . The leaves on the stems are linear to tapering, long and wide. The flowers are arranged in loose racemes up to long on a peduncle up to long with linear bracts up to long and linear bracteoles up to long. Each flower is on a pedicel up to long with linear sepals long and a white or pale blue corolla long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule in diameter.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia pinifolia was first formally described in 1854 by Willem Hendrik de Vriese in the journal Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem.[2] [3] The specific epithet (pinifolia) means "pine-leaved".[4]

Distribution and habitat

Pine-leaved goodenia grows on sandplains between Perenjori and Ravensthorpe in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Goodenia pinifolia . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 2 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Goodenia pinifolia. APNI. 2 April 2021.
  3. de Vriese . Willem H. . Goodenovieae . Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem . 1854 . 10 . 157–158 . 2 April 2021.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 278 . 3rd.