Английская Википедия:Goodenia coerulea

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Goodenia coerulea is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, perennial shrub or biennial herb shrub with linear leaves at the base of the plant, sometimes with a few teeth on the edges, racemes of blue flowers and oval fruit.

Description

Goodenia coerulea is an erect, ascending shrub or biennial herb that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt with foliage covered with glandular hairs. The leaves are linear, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide and sessile. The flowers are arranged in racemes mostly up to Шаблон:Cvt long on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long with small, leaf-like bracteoles Шаблон:Cvt long at the base, each flower on a hairy pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and the petals blue and Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is an oval capsule Шаблон:Cvt long.

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia coerulea was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet (coerulea) means "deep sky-blue". (The epithet has sometimes been given as caerulea, but Brown's original spelling was coerulea.)

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in a variety of habitats and is widely distributed from near Shark Bay the south coast in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Goodenia coerulea is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.