Goodenia affinis
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| Silver goodenia | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia affinis | |
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Goodenia affinis, commonly known as silver goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect to low-lying, perennial herb with oblong to egg-shaped leaves, mostly at the base of the plant, racemes of yellow flowers with linear bracteoles at the base, and oblong fruit.
Goodenia affinis is an erect to low-lying, usually perennial herb with stems up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long. The leaves are mostly basal, oblong to egg-shaped, 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long and 5–12 mm (0.20–0.47 in) wide, with small teeth on the edges and hairy on both sides. The flowers are arranged singly or in racemes up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long on a peduncle 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long with linear bracteoles 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long at the base, each flower on a pedicel 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long. The sepals are narrow oblong to egg-shaped, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and the corolla is yellow, 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long with a few hairs inside. The lower lobes of the corolla are 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long with wings about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from July to December and the fruit is an oblong capsule 10–12 mm (0.39–0.47 in) long.[2][3]