Goodenia saccata
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| Goodenia saccata | |
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| In the Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. saccata |
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| Goodenia saccata | |
Goodenia saccata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is an erect shrub with toothed, egg-shaped, petiolate, hairy leaves and racemes or thyrses of yellow or off-white flowers.
Goodenia saccata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1 m (3 ft 3 in), the foliage densely hairy at first. The leaves are arranged along the stems and are egg-shaped, 20–50 mm (0.79–1.97 in) long and 20–30 mm (0.79–1.18 in) wide with toothed edges, on a petiole 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) long. The flowers are arranged in racemes or thyrses up to 200 mm (7.9 in) long on peduncles less than 1 mm (0.039 in) long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, the petals yellow or off-white and 14–17 mm (0.55–0.67 in) long with a prominent pouch. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 8 mm (0.31 in) long with wings about 2 mm (0.079 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to November and the fruit is an oval capsule about 10 mm (0.39 in) long.[2][3]