Английская Википедия:Goodenia megasepala

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Goodenia megasepala is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with toothed or lobed, lance-shaped to narrow elliptic leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia megasepala is a prostrate to low-lying herb with stems up to Шаблон:Cvt long and long hairs. The leaves are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to narrow elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with toothed or lobed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to Шаблон:Cvt long with leaf-like bracts, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, the corolla yellow, about Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering occurs near August and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about Шаблон:Cvt in diameter.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia megasepala was first formally described in 1980 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material collected in 1978 by Keith Albert Williams on the Beale Range in Queensland.[2][3] The specific epithet (megasepala) means "large sepals", distinguishing this species from the similar G. fascicularis.[2]

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in red, sandy soil in central-western Queensland.[1][2]

Conservation status

Goodenia megasepala is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.[4]

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