Goodenia gracilis

Goodenia gracilis, commonly known as slender goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an annual or perennial herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description

Goodenia gracilis is an annual or perennial herb that typically grows to a height of. The leaves are mostly at the base of the plant, linear to lance-shaped, long and wide sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes long on a peduncle usually long with linear bracts up to long at the base. Each flower is on a pedicel long with linear bracteoles long. The sepals are narrow triangular, long and the petals are yellow, long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings about wide. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a more or less spherical to oval capsule long.

Taxonomy and naming

Goodenia gracilis was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. The specific epithet means "thin" or "slender".

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in heavy, moisture-retaining soil of inland parts of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and scattered locations in the Northern Territory.