Goodenia campestris is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a low-lying herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem leaves and racemes of yellowish flowers with purple veins.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Goodenia |
| Species: | G. campestris
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia campestris | |
Description
editGoodenia campestris is a low-lying to ascending herb with more or less glabrous stems up to 0.5 m (1 ft 8 in) long. The leaves are mostly stem leaves that are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide, toothed and sessile. The flowers are arranged in racemes on the ends of the stems, up to 300 mm (12 in) long on a peduncle 40–70 mm (1.6–2.8 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 15–70 mm (0.59–2.76 in) long with leaf-like bracts at the base. The sepals are lance-shaped to narrow oblong, 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long, the petals yellowish with purple veins, 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long with wings about 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide. Flowering has been recorded in May and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about 5 mm (0.20 in) long .[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editGoodenia campestris was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material he collected near Timber Creek in 1968.[3][4] The specific epithet (campestris) means "pertaining to a field", referring to the grassy plains where this species grows.[3][5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis goodenia grows in grassland on black soil plains in the Victoria Bonaparte region of the Northern Territory and Western Australia.[2][6][7]
Conservation status
editGoodenia campestris is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife,[7] and as "data deficient" under the Northern Territory Government Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Goodenia campestris". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia campestris". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Carolin, Roger C (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 561–562. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "Goodenia campestris". APNI. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 156. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ a b "Goodenia campestris". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Goodenia campestris". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.