Goodenia armstrongiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and New Guinea. It is an erect to low-lying herb with egg-shaped to narrow elliptic leaves, sometimes with small teeth on the edges, racemes of white or yellow flowers with leaf-like bracts at the base, and oval fruit.
Goodenia armstrongiana is an erect to low-lying herb with stems up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The stem leaves are egg-shaped to narrow elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, sometimes with small teeth on the edges and hairy mostly on the edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicelШаблон:Cvt long with leaf-like bracts at the base. The sepals are lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and the corolla is white or yellow, Шаблон:Cvt long and hairy inside. The lower lobes of the corolla are Шаблон:Cvt long with wings Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering mainly occurs from January to July and the fruit is an oval capsuleШаблон:Cvt long.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenis armstrongiana was first formally described in 1854 by Willem Hendrik de Vriese in the journal Natuurkundige Verhandelingen van de Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen te Haarlem.[3][4] The specific epithet (armstrongiana) honours John Armstrong who collected the type material.[5]
Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in woodland and savanna from Arnhem Land and the Victoria River district in the Northern Territory to north Queensland and New Guinea.[1][2]
