Goodenia cycloptera is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a widely distributed, perennial or annualherb with wavy or toothed leaves, yellow flowers arranged in leafy racemes and more or less spherical fruit.
Goodenia cycloptera is an ascending or low-lying perennial or annual herb that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Cvt. The leaves at the base of the plant are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base to spatula-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with wavy to toothed edges, but those on the stem are smaller. The flowers are arranged in leafy racemes up to Шаблон:Cvt long with leaf-like bracts at the base, each flower on a pedicelШаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and the petals are yellow, Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is more or less spherical capsuleШаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia cycloptera was first formally described in 1849 Robert Brown in the Botanical Index to Charles Sturt's Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia.[6][7] The specific epithet (cycloptera) means "circle-winged", referring to the seeds.[8]
Distribution and habitat
Goodenia cycloptera grows in a sandy soils in the drier inland parts of Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales.[1][2][3][4][5]
