Goodenia incana

Goodenia incana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an ascending herb covered with silvery-white hairs, with linear to lance-shaped leaves mostly at the base of the plant, and racemes of blue flowers.

Description

Goodenia incana is an ascending herb that typically grows to a height of and is covered with silvery-white hairs. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly arranged at the base of the plant, long and wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long, with linear bracteoles long. Each flower is on a pedicel long with lance-shaped sepals long. The petals are blue, long, the lower lobes of the corolla long with wings about wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to January and the fruit is an oval capsule long.

Taxonomy and naming

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

Distribution and habitat

This goodenia grows in sandy soil in heath and forest and is widespread in the south-west of Western Australia.