Goodenia geniculata
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{{Speciesbox
|name = Bent goodenia
|image = Goodenia geniculata.jpg
|image_caption = In the ANBG
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|status =
|genus = Goodenia
|species = geniculata
|authority = R.Br.{{cite web|title=Goodenia geniculata|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/110258|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=30 January 2021}}
|synonyms =
- Goodenia geniculata R.Br. var. geniculata
- Goodenia geniculata var. primulacea (Schltdl.) Benth.
- Goodenia primulacea Schltdl.
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Goodenia geniculata, commonly known as bent goodenia or native primrose,{{cite web |title=Goodenia geniculata |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Goodenia_geniculata |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=30 January 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a low-lying to ascending herb with linear to lance-shaped, often toothed leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with hairy backs.
Description
Goodenia geniculata is a low-lying to ascending, hairy herb with stems up to {{cvt|25|cm}} and often forming stolons. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|30–100|mm}} long and {{cvt|3–10|mm}} wide and often have toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to {{cvt|50|mm}} long on a peduncle {{cvt|15–50|mm}} long with leaf-like bracts on the base or solitary in leaf axils. Each flower is on a pedicel {{cvt|20–50|mm}} long. The sepals are oblong, {{cvt|4–5|mm}} long, the corolla yellow, about {{cvt|14-16|mm}} long with hairs on the back. The lower lobes of the corolla are {{cvt|7–8|mm}} long with wings about {{cvt|3|mm}} wide. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is an oval capsule about {{cvt|10|mm}} long and {{cvt|7|mm}} wide.{{cite web |last1=Carolin |first1=Roger C. |title=Goodenia geniculata |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Goodenia%20geniculata|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=30 January 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Jeanes |first1=Jeff A. |title=Goodenia geniculata |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/28f1f741-e940-4988-93e0-abc159e0f95c |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=30 January 2021}}{{cite web |title=Goodenia geniculata |url=https://www.naturalvaluesatlas.tas.gov.au/downloadattachment?id=15947 |publisher=Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment |access-date=30 January 2021}}
Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia geniculata was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.{{cite web|title=Goodenia geniculata|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/542126|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=577 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/445/mode/1up |access-date=30 January 2021}}
Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in woodland, forest, grassland and scrub from the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to Victoria, where it is often common, and in a few locations in Tasmania, where it is rare.
Conservation status
In Tasmania, Goodenia geniculata is classified as "endangered" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.