Goodenia vilmoriniae explained

Goodenia vilmoriniae is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to arid areas of Central Australia. It is an ascending to erect annual herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, and racemes of pale blue to lilac flowers.

Description

Goodenia vilmoriniae is an ascending to erect annual herb that typically grows to a height of up to with woolly and glandular hairs. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped, long and wide, sometimes with lobes and sometimes teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel long. The corolla is pale blue to lilac, the lower lobes long with wings about wide. Flowering mainly occurs from April to September.[1] [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia vilmoriniae was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by John McDouall Stuart.[4] [5] The specific epithet (vilmoriniae) honours "Madame Vilmorin of Paris".[6]

Distribution

This goodenia grows on rocky or gravelly hills, on sandplains and near ephemeral creeks, in arid scrub and hummock grassland in arid regions of central Western Australia, far northern South Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland.

Conservation status

Goodenia vilmoriniae 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 vilmoriniae . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 15 May 2021.
  2. Web site: Goodenia vilmoriniae . State Herbarium of South Australia . 15 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Goodenia vilmoriniae . Northern Territory Government . 15 May 2021.
  4. Web site: Goodenia vilmoriniae. APNI. 15 May 2021.
  5. Book: von Mueller . Ferdinand . Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae . 1862 . Victorian Government Printer . Melbourne . 19 . 15 May 2021.
  6. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 336 . 3rd.