Goodenia blackiana

Carolin Black's Goodenia
Fl. South Australia 3: 1393 (1986)
Taxonomic status Accepted
Occurrence status Present
Origin Native
Degree of establishment Native

Prostrate to ascending perennial to 20 cm high; stems to 20 cm long, usually stoloniferous, pubescent. Leaves mainly basal, obovate to oblanceolate, 2–6 cm long, 5–15 mm wide, acute or obtuse, upper surface glabrescent, lower surface white cottony-tomentose, rarely glabrescent, margins dentate, base attenuate into an indistinct petiole; cauline leaves smaller. Inflorescences terminal racemes to 5 cm long, or flowers solitary in axils; peduncle 3–5 cm long, often geniculate at bracteoles at anthesis; pedicels 30–50 mm long; bracteoles linear, 5–12 mm long. Sepals narrow-oblong to ovate, 4–5 mm long; corolla 13–14 mm long, pubescent outside and inside, yellow, abaxial lobes 5–6 mm long, wings c. 2 mm wide; indusium broad-oblong, concave; ovules 12–18. Fruit ovoid, to c. 10 mm long, valves shallowly bifid; seeds elliptic, c. 3 mm long, papillose, yellowish, wing vestigial. Flowers mainly Aug.–Jan.

LoM, MuM, Wim, GleP, VVP, VRiv, MuF, GipP, OtP, Gold, CVU, GGr, DunT, NIS, HSF, HNF. Also SA. Scattered across western and northern Victoria in mallee, woodland and grassland.

Source:

Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Goodeniaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae‍, pp. 589–615. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 18 Feb. 2021
Goodenia blackiana (hero image) Spinning
Goodenia blackiana (distribution map) Spinning