Goodenia arenicola
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| Goodenia arenicola | |
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| Preserved specimen (holotype) NSW457940, image from ALA | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. arenicola |
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| Goodenia arenicola | |
Goodenia arenicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and was endemic to Stradbroke Island in Queensland. It is a stolon-forming or rhizome-forming herb covered with soft hairs, with lance-shaped leaves mostly clustered at the end of short stems, and yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils. It is listed as critically endangered.
Goodenia arenicola is a stolon- or rhizome-forming herb covered with soft hairs. The leaves are mostly clustered at the ends of short stems and lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long and 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) wide, sometimes with teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a peduncle 30–40 mm (1.2–1.6 in) long, with linear bracteoles 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long. The sepals are linear, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, the petals yellow and 15–17 mm (0.59–0.67 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long with wings about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia arenicola was first formally described in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from specimens collected on Stradbroke Island.[3][4] The specific epithet (arenicola) means "sand-dweller".[3]