Goodenia montana explained

Goodenia montana, commonly known as mountain velleia,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, perennial herb with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers. It mainly grows in woodland and sub-alpine grasslands in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Description

Goodenia montana is a small perennial herb that typically grows to high and forms a rosette. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, long, wide with toothed or smooth margins. The flowers are borne on a low-lying or ascending flowering stem up to long with bracteoles up to long. The lower sepal is egg-shaped to oblong, long. The yellow corolla is long, inner and outer surface covered with short, soft hairs. Flowering occurs from November to February and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about in diameter containing a seed about in diameter.[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker who gave it the name Velleia montana in the London Journal of Botany.[7] [8] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd transferred the species to Goodenia as G. montana in the journal PhytoKeys.The specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[9]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain velleia grows at higher altitudes in woodland, subalpine swamps and grassland south of Boonoo Boonoo National Park in New South Wales,[1] and is common in Tasmania and eastern Victoria.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Carolin . R.C. . Velleia montana . PlantNET-NSW flora online . Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney . 26 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Carolin . Roger C. . Velleia montana . Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra . 4 May 2024.
  3. Carolin . Roger C. . The Genus Velleia Sm. . Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales . 1967 . 92 . 1 . 55–56 . 4 May 2024.
  4. Web site: Key to Tasmanian Dicots. www.utas.edu.au. 2017-07-19.
  5. Book: Cosgrove . Meredith . Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory . 2014 . Meadow Argus . 9780994183408 . 177.
  6. Web site: Jeanes . Jeff A. . Walsh . Neville G. . Goodenia montana . Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . 5 May 2024.
  7. Web site: Velleia montana . Australian Plant Name Index . 26 January 2023.
  8. Hooker . Joseph D. . Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land. . London Journal of Botany . 1847 . 6 . 265 . 5 May 2024.
  9. Archibald William Smith