Family: Goodeniaceae
Plant: A small erect tufted herb up to 50cm high.
Flowers: 5-petalled, irregular yellow flowers 1-1.5cm long with star-like cottony hairs on outside of the petals. The stigma of the flower is a large cup-shaped appendage rimmed with hairs. Flowers borne on short stalks arranged in spreading terminal inflorescence on erect stems.
Flowering: November-March.
Fruit: Narrow cylindrical to ovoid capsule about 1cm long.
Leaves: Linear to obovate, 2-4cm long and 2-10mm wide, mainly in a basal rosette but there are some leaves along the stems.
Habitat: Fairly common in damp, sunny areas in heathland.
Features: Stalked yellow flowers in erect spreading panicles. Mainly basal leaves.
Name:
Goodenia After the English botanist and cleric Dr. Samuel Goodenough, the Bishop of Carlisle
dimorpha From Latin = 2-formed (referring to its different shaped leaves in its coastal and mountain forms)
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Herb |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 11, 12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Green, Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate, Basal |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Stalked, Unstalked |
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Other Features |
- |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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