Goodenia strangfordii
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| Goodenia strangfordii | |
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| Near Cornish Creek | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. strangfordii |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia strangfordii | |
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Goodenia strangfordii, commonly known as wide-leaved goodenia in the Northern Territory,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect herb with narrow elliptic to lance-shaped stem leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.
Goodenia strangfordii is an erect, spreading herb that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in). The stem leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long 3–20 mm (0.12–0.79 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel 40–70 mm (1.6–2.8 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and the corolla is yellow, 15–19 mm (0.59–0.75 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long with wings up to 3.5 mm (0.14 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from May to October.[3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia strangfordii was first formally described in 1867 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[5][6] The specific epithet (strangfordii) honours Percy Smythe, the 8th Viscount Strangford.[7]