Goodenia incana

Goodenia incana
In the Australian National Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. incana
Binomial name
Goodenia incana
Synonyms[1]

Scaevola pterosperma de Vriese

Goodenia incana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an ascending herb covered with silvery-white hairs, with linear to lance-shaped leaves mostly at the base of the plant, and racemes of blue flowers.

Description

Goodenia incana is an ascending herb that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in) and is covered with silvery-white hairs. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly arranged at the base of the plant, 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long and 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long, with linear bracteoles 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long with lance-shaped sepals 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. The petals are blue, 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long, the lower lobes of the corolla 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to January and the fruit is an oval capsule 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia incana was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4][5] The specific epithet (incana) means "grey or hoary".[6]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in sandy soil in heath and forest and is widespread in the south-west of Western Australia.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Goodenia incana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia incana". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Goodenia incana". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ^ "Goodenia incana". APNI. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  5. ^ Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 578. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 223. ISBN 9780958034180.