Goodenia cirrifica

Goodenia cirrifica
In Kakadu National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. cirrifica
Binomial name
Goodenia cirrifica

Goodenia cirrifica is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an ascending, widely branched, sticky herb with short-lived, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves at the base, linear stem leaves, and racemes of small yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia cirrifica is an ascending, widely branched herb that typically grows to a height of 40 cm (16 in) long and has sticky foliage and zig-zagged branches. The leaves at the base of the plant are short-lived, lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, up to 30 mm (1.2 in) long and 8 mm (0.31 in) wide, the stem leaves linear and 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 300 mm (12 in) long on a peduncle 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) long with leaf-like bracts at the base. The sepals are narrow elliptic to lance-shaped, 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long, the petals yellow, 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long with wings about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide. Flowering occurs from March to October and the fruit is an oval capsule about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia cirrifica was first formally described in 1886 by Ferdinand von Mueller in The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy from specimens collected "on the Alligator-River" by Maurice William Holtze.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in forest and woodland in the northern part of the Northern Territory.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ "Goodenia cirrifica". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia cirrifica". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Goodenia cirrifica". APNI. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  4. ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1886). "Notes on a new Goodenia from Arnheim's Land". The Australasian Journal of Pharmacy. 1 (3): 81–82. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Goodenia cirrifica". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 5 January 2021.