Goodenia heteromera, commonly known as spreading goodenia[2] or fan flower,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a perennial or annual, stolon-forming herb with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrow end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers with brownish markings.
| Spreading goodenia | |
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| Goodenia heteromera in north-western Victoria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. heteromera
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia heteromera | |
Description edit
Goodenia heteromera is a perennial or annual herb up to 20 cm (7.9 in) tall, with its stems forming stolons. The leaves are mostly arranged in tufts on the stolons and are egg-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, densely hairy, 10–100 mm (0.39–3.94 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide, sometimes with teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged singly or in very short umbels, the individual flowers on a pedicel 10–60 mm (0.39–2.36 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long, the corolla yellow with brownish markings, 6–11 mm (0.24–0.43 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering occurs from May to November and the fruit is an oval capsule 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long. The species is distinctive in having spreading upper corolla labes.[2][4][5][6]
Taxonomy and naming edit
Goodenia heteromera was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[7][8] The specific epithet (heteromera) means "unequal-parts".[9]
Distribution and habitat edit
This goodenia grows in heavy soil in Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. largiflorens woodland in the Murray–Darling basin in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia.[2][4][5][6]
Conservation status edit
Goodenia heteromera is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Goodenia heteromera". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Jeanes, Jeff A. "Goodenia heteromera". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Species profile—Goodenia heteromera". Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia heteromera". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Goodenia heteromera". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia heteromera". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia heteromera". APNI. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 1. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 115. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780958034180.