Goodenia cylindrocarpa
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| Goodenia cylindrocarpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. cylindrocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia cylindrocarpa | |
Goodenia cylindrocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect annual, herb with spatula-shaped, or lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, and panicles of small yellow flowers.
Goodenia cylindrocarpa is an erect annual herb that typically grows to a height of about 25 cm (9.8 in). The leaves are arranged at the base of the plant and are spatula-shaped or lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 20–85 mm (0.79–3.35 in) long and 3.5–20 mm (0.14–0.79 in) wide with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in panicles with leaf-like bracts at the base, each flower on a pedicel up to about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped, 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long, the petals yellow, 5–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long, the lower lobes with wings about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide. Flowering occurs from March to June and the fruit is a cylindrical capsule 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide.[2]