Английская Википедия:Goodenia virgata

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Goodenia virgata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Tanami Desert in central Australia. It is an erect to ascending herb with more or less thick, linear to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia virgata is an erect to ascending, virgate herb that typically grows to a height of up to Шаблон:Cvt. The leaves at the base of the plant are more or less thick, linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide, sometimes with toothed edges. Leaves on the stems are smaller. 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 linear to lance-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long and the petals are yellow and Шаблон:Cvt long. The lower lobes of the corolla are Шаблон:Cvt long with wings about Шаблон:Cvt wide. Flowering occurs from May to November.

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia virgata was first formally described in 1980 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from a specimen he collected near Yuendumu in 1970. The specific epithet (virgata) means "having long, slender twigs", referring to the appearance of the plant after the fruit has fallen.

Distribution

This goodenia grows in sandy soil in the southern Tanami Desert in Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Conservation status

Goodenia virgata is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife and as of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.