Английская Википедия:Goodenia centralis

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Goodenia centralis is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to central Australia. It is a prostrate, annual herb with coarsely toothed, spatula-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers with purple veins.

Description

Goodenia centralis is a prostrate annual herb with more or less glabrous stems up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaves are spatula-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and coarsely-toothed. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to Шаблон:Cvt long on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with leaf-like bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The sepals are about Шаблон:Cvt long, the petals yellow with purple veins, Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering mainly occurs from June to September and the fruit is an elliptic capsule about Шаблон:Cvt long.

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia centralis was first formally described in 1980 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material collected by George Chippendale near Irving Creek in the Petermann Ranges in the Northern Territory in 1958. The specific epithet (centralis) refers to the central Australian habitat.

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in woodland and tussock grassland on sand in the deserts of central-eastern Western Australia, south-western Northern Territory and northern South Australia.

Conservation status

Goodenia centralis is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, and as "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.