Goodenia albiflora

Goodenia albiflora, commonly known as white goodenia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to South Australia. It is a small, erect shrub with ridged stems, elliptic to egg-shaped, cauline leaves, racemes of white flowers with leaf-like bracteoles at the base, and oval fruit.

White goodenia
Goodenia albiflora in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Goodenia
Species:
G. albiflora
Binomial name
Goodenia albiflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Goodenia grandiflora var. albiflora (Schltdl.) K.Krause
  • Picrophyta albiflora (Schltdl.) F.Muell.

Description

Goodenia albiflora is an erect, glaucous shrub that typically grows to a height of 70 cm (28 in) and has ridged stems. The leaves are cauline, elliptic to egg-shaped, 30–70 mm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 15–40 mm (0.59–1.57 in) wide with wavy or serrated edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long on a peduncle 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long with lance-shaped, leaf-like bracteoles about 3 mm (0.12 in) long at the base, each flower on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and the corolla is white, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long with hairs inside. The lower lobes of the corolla are 10 mm (0.39 in) long with wings 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.118 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to January and the fruit is an oval capsule about 10 mm (0.39 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia albiflora was first formally described in 1847 by Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal in the journal Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde.[4][5] The specific epithet (albiflora) means "white-flowered".[6]

Distribution and habitat

White goodenia grows in stony soil on steep slopes in woodland from the Eyre Peninsula to the Flinders Ranges and Mount Lofty Ranges of South Australia.[2][3]

References
  1. "Goodenia albiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. "Goodenia albiflora". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. Carolin, Roger C. "Goddenia albiflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. "Goodenia albiflora". APNI. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  5. von Schlechtendal, Diederich F.L. (1847). "Sudaustralische Pflanzen. II. Bestimmung und Beschreibung der von Dr Behr in Sudaustralien gesammelten Pflanzen". Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. 20: 599–601. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780958034180.
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