Goodenia valdentata
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| Davenport Range goodenia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. valdentata |
| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia valdentata | |
Goodenia valdentata, commonly known as Davenport Range goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of South Australia. It is a subshrub with erect branches, coarsely-toothed, egg-shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers usually arranged singly in upper leaf axils.
Goodenia valdentata is a subshrub that typically grows up to 80 cm (31 in) high and wide with erect branches, the foliage covered with simple and glandular hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, 16–36 mm (0.63–1.42 in) long and 9–25 mm (0.35–0.98 in) wide with coarsely toothed edges, on a petiole 7–20 mm (0.28–0.79 in) long. There are up to six widely-spaced lobes 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long on the sides of the petiole. The flowers are usually arranged singly, rarely in pairs in upper leaf axils on peduncles 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long with leaf-like bracts and narrow lance-shaped bracteoles 6–10.5 mm (0.24–0.41 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 5–11 mm (0.20–0.43 in) long, the sepal lobes narrow lance-shaped, 5.7–8 mm (0.22–0.31 in) long. The petals are bright yellow, 25–30 mm (0.98–1.18 in) long, the lower lobes 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long with wings 1.4–2 mm (0.055–0.079 in) wide. The fruit is an elliptical capsule about 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) long and 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) wide.[3]