''Goodenia pilosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family

Goodeniaceae Goodeniaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Asterales. It contains about 404 species in twelve genera. The family is distributed mostly in Australia, except for the genus '' Scaevola'', which is pantropical. Its species are found ac ...

and is native to northern Australia and to parts of Asia. It is a prostrate to low-lying

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with erect hairs, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves at the base of the plant and

raceme A raceme () or racemoid is an unbranched, indeterminate growth, indeterminate type of inflorescence bearing flowers having short floral stalks along the shoots that bear the flowers. The oldest flowers grow close to the base and new flowers are ...

s of yellow flowers with a purplish base.

Description

''Goodenia pilosa'' is a prostrate to low-lying herb with stems up to long with erect hairs on the foliage. It has narrow oblong to elliptic leaves at the base of the plant, long and wide, with teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to about long, with leaf-like

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also lo ...

s, each flower on a

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long. The

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s are lance-shaped to narrow oblong, about long, the petals yellow with a purplish base, long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings wide. Flowering occurs from May to August and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule in diameter.

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1810 by

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who gave it the name ''Calogyne pilosa'' in his ''

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''. In 1990

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changed the name to ''Goodenia pilosa'' in the journal '' Telopea''. The

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(''pilosa'') means "hairy".

Distribution and habitat

''Goodenia pilosa'' usually grows in moist, sandy soil and is found in

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and northern Queensland. It also occurs in Indonesia, China and the Philippines.

Conservation status

''Goodenia pilosa'' is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government ''

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''.

References

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pilosa The Order (biology), order Pilosa is a clade of xenarthran placental mammals, native to the Americas. It includes anteaters and sloths (which include the extinct ground sloths). The name comes from the Latin word for "hairy". Origins and taxon ...

Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Flora of Indonesia Flora of China Flora of the Philippines Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)