Goodenia perryi 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 or shrub with silvery hairs, lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of blue flowers.
| Goodenia perryi | |
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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. perryi
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| Binomial name | |
| Goodenia perryi | |
Description
editGoodenia perryi is an ascending herb or shrub that typically grows to a height of 25 cm (9.8 in) and is covered with silvery, cottony hairs. The leaves at the base of the plant are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to about 150 mm (5.9 in) long, with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and the sepals are linear, 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, the petals blue, 15–18 mm (0.59–0.71 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long with wings about 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. Flowering occurs around October.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
editGoodenia perryi was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from a specimen collected by Charles Gardner at Bunjil in 1961.[3][5] The specific epithet (perryi) probably honours Dick Perry, a forester who worked with Gardner.[3]
Distribution and habitat
editThis goodenia grows in yellow sand near Bunjil in the Avon Wheatbelt and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2][4]
Conservation status
editGoodenia perryi is classified is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[4] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Goodenia perryi". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b Carolin, Roger C. "Goodenia perryi". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c Carolin, Roger C. (1990). "Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genus Goodenia (Goodeniaceae)". Telopea. 3 (4): 540–541. doi:10.7751/telopea19904905. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Goodenia perryi". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Goodenia perryi". APNI. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 30 March 2021.