Goodenia filiformis
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|name = Thread-leaved goodenia
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|genus = Goodenia
|species = filiformis
|authority = R.Br.{{cite web |title=Goodenia filiformis |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:383827-1#synonyms |publisher=Plants of the World Online |access-date=21 April 2024}}
|synonyms = Velleia lanceolata Lindl.
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Goodenia filiformis, commonly known as thread-leaved goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of south-western Western Australia. It is an erect to ascending herb with cylindrical to narrow linear leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers.
Description
Goodenia filiformis is an erect to ascending herb that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|10–25|cm}} with cylindrical to narrow linear leaves {{cvt|40–90|mm}} long and {{cvt|0.5–1|mm}} wide at the base of the plant. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to {{cvt|80|mm}} long with leaf-like bracts on the base, each flower on a pedicel {{cvt|10–40|mm}} long. The sepals are egg-shaped, about {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long, the corolla yellow, about {{cvt|10|mm}} long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about {{cvt|4|mm}} long with wings up to {{cvt|1.5|mm}} wide. Flowering occurs from November to December or January.{{FloraBase | name = Goodenia filiformis | id = 7508}}{{cite web |last1=Carolin |first1=Roger C. |title=Goodenia filiformis |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Goodenia%20filiformis|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=30 January 2021}}
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia filiformis was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.{{cite web|title=Goodenia filiformis|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/541791|publisher=APNI|access-date=30 January 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen |date=1810 |location=London |page=578 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/446/mode/1up |access-date=30 January 2021}} The specific epithet (filiformis) means "thread-shaped".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |edition=3rd|pages=198–199}}
Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in winter-wet places in near-coastal areas between Princess Royal Harbour and West Cape Howe in the south-west of Western Australia.
Conservation status
Goodenia filiformis is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.