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Prostrate Goodenia

Goodenia lanata

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

Flower about 35mm across and about 20cm above the ground. The stem had very few leaves (3) and meandered prostrate through grasses for about 30cm before rising. Only two of these plants were found in about 3 acres of bush.

Habitat:

In a dry sclerophyll forest dominated by silver leafed stringybark eucalyptus. Baluk William Flora Reserve.

Notes:

Also called 'Native Promrose' <br>
order: Asterales <br>
family: Goodeniaceae <br>

http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:2… <br> Thanks lori and Vinny for direction.

Reference Links:

Goodenia lanata, .: Goodenia lanata :.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
Mark Ridgway
Thanks for all that Vinny. Great to know. We have got a couple more coming up with some of the differences you have mentioned.
Vinny
I reckon you I.D is spot on Mark, G. blackiana looks very similar but doesn't appear to be found down your way. G. elongata and G. pinnatifida don'tt have bracteoles (leaf like appendages below the flower). G. geniculata forms a basal rosette with few stem leaves. No spur at the base of the flower is apparent in pic 2 suggesting its not Velleia paradoxa.
Mark Ridgway
Not really hard-core enough to cut up orchid reserve flowers :) I have added a better version of this plant along with shots of the few leaves and stem. This plant was the only other I could find in the reserve. Too many orchids !
Vinny
The leaves are the key with Goodenia or if you're really hardcore, dissecting the flower and looking at the indusim (a hairy cleft) which I think is involved with capturing pollen?
Vinny
Lori's suggestion of Velleia paradoxa is a good one, they have a little spur at the base of the sepals which tells them apart from Goodenia, might be worth looking at if you heading back.
Mark Ridgway
You might be right about 'beat up' lori. This was in the middle of a human and roo traffic area and had nothing more to offer than this flower and a bare stem. I'll re-check it later this week and if it's not more forthcoming with detail I'll replace this spotting. Thanks for looking at it Vinny.
Vinny
Goodenia sp. a photo of leaves or description of the habit of the plant might help narrow it down further
lori.tas
Looks like a beat up Native primrose, Goodenia blackiana. A close appearing, but less prominent plant is Velleia paradoxa.

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Flowers of Oceania
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Dandenong Ranges - fauna & flora
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Mission WILD
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Plants of South Eastern Australia

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PublishedOctober 15, 2014

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