Goodenia fascicularis
F.Muell. & Tate Silky GoodeniaNarrowly tufted or rhizomatous perennial to 20 cm high; stems strigose and sometimes cottony-hairy. Leaves appressed-pubescent to strigose; basal leaves shortly petiolate, linear to ovate, 2–14 cm long, 4–25 mm wide, acute to obtuse, entire, toothed or lobed; cauline leaves smaller, acute, entire. Inflorescences terminal racemes to 10 cm long, or subumbels; pedicels articulate, 2–10 cm long; bracteoles absent. Sepals lanceolate, 2.5–4 mm long; corolla 12–23 mm long, finely pubescent inside, deep yellow, abaxial lobes mostly 5–10 mm long, wings 1–2.5 mm wide; indusium broad-oblong; ovules to c. 24. Fruit subglobose, 5–8 mm diam., valves entire; seeds orbicular, 4–6 mm diam., reticulate, brown, wing c. 1 mm wide. Flowers mainly Sep.–Nov.
MuM, Wim, VRiv, MSB, RobP, MuF, Gold, NIS. All mainland states. In Victoria confined to north-western and northern areas, mainly along the floodplain of the Murray River and its tributaries, on periodically moist soils (gilgais etc.).
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.