Goodenia konigsbergeri
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| Goodenia konigsbergeri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. konigsbergeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia konigsbergeri | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Selliera koningsbergeri Backer | |
Goodenia konigsbergeri is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Southeast Asia. It is a creeping stoloniferous herb with egg-shaped to spatula-shaped leaves and solitary pale yellow and white flowers.
Goodenia konigsbergeri is a creeping herb with stems up to 50 cm (20 in) long, forming stolons 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) apart along the stems. The leaves are arranged in a rosette at the base of the plant and along the stems and are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to spatula-shaped, 20–40 mm (0.79–1.57 in) long and 10–25 mm (0.39–0.98 in) wide, on a petiole 5–40 mm (0.20–1.57 in) long. The leaves are slightly fleshy, pale green and have a few scattered teeth on the edges. The flowers are 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long and arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 2–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) long, the corolla pale yellow and white, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long. Flowering occurs from December to August and the fruit is a slightly flattened spherical capsule about 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) in diameter.[2]