Английская Википедия:Goodenia modesta

Содержание

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Текст

Goodenia modesta is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to central Australia. It is an erect perennial herb with leaves lance-shaped in outline at the base of the plant, and racemes or thyrses of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia modesta is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt long with stems that are round in cross-section. The leaves at the base of the plant are pinnatifid to lyrate, lance-shaped in outline with the narrower end towards the base, up to Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide. Leaves on the stem are smaller. The flowers are arranged in racemes or thyrses up to Шаблон:Cvt long, with bracts Шаблон:Cvt long, each flower on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, the petals yellow and Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide, the central lobe with a prominent dish or pocket. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a more or less cylindrical capsule Шаблон:Cvt long.

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia modesta was described in 1912 by John McConnell Black in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. The specific epithet (modesta) means "modest or unassuming".

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in red loam and sand with Acacia aneura and on hummock grassland in central Australia, in the states of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and South Australia.

Conservation status

Goodenia modesta is classified as of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 but as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.