Английская Википедия:Goodenia forrestii

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Goodenia forrestii is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an ascending to low-lying herb with elliptic to lance-shaped leaves with teeth on the edges, and racemes of yellow flowers with a brownish centre.

Description

Goodenia forrestii is a hairy, ascending to low-lying herb with stems up to Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to Шаблон:Cvt long, the individual flowers on pedicels Шаблон:Cvt long with leaf-like bracts at the base. The sepals are lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, the corolla yellow with a brownish centre, Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are Шаблон:Cvt long with wings Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering mainly occurs from May to September and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia forrestii was first formally described in 1892 by Ferdinand von Mueller in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected by Sir John Forrest.[3] The specific epithet (forrestii) honours Forrest.[4]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in sandy soil in scrub and woodland in the Carnarvon, Gascoyne and Pilbara biogeographic regions in the north-west of Western Australia.[1][2]

Conservation status

Goodenia forrestii is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

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