Goodenia lanata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{speciesbox
|image = Goodenia lanata.JPG
|image_caption = In Great Otway National Park
|genus = Goodenia
|species = lanata
|authority = R.Br.{{cite web|title=Goodenia lanata|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/73171|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=27 February 2021}}
|synonyms =
Goodenia geniculata var. lanata (R.Br.) Rodway nom. illeg.
}}
Goodenia lanata, commonly known as trailing goodenia in Victoria and native primrose in Tasmania{{cite book |title=Wild Plants of Victoria (database)|year=2009 |publisher=Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a prostrate or low-lying perennial herb with hairy, egg-shaped leaves and racemes of yellow flowers.
Description
Goodenia lanata is a low-lying to prostrate perennial herb with stems {{cvt|30–50|cm}} long and covered with soft, silvery-grey hairs. The leaves at the base of the plant are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, toothed or lyrate, {{cvt|10–80|mm}} long and {{cvt|5–20|mm}} wide, the leaves on the stems similar but smaller. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to {{cvt|200|mm}} long on peduncles {{cvt|20–60|mm}} long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles {{cvt|3–5|mm}} long, the individual flowers on pedicels {{cvt|1–4|mm}} long. The sepals are narrow oblong, {{cvt|5–6|mm}} long, the corolla yellow, {{cvt|10–15|mm}} long. The lower lobes of the corolla are {{cvt|5–6|mm}} long with wings about {{cvt|2|mm}} wide. Flowering mainly occurs from September to March and the fruit is an oval to cylindrical capsule {{cvt|6–7|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Carolin |first1=Roger C. |title=Goodenia lanata |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Goodenia%20lanata|publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=27 February 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Jeanes |first1=Jeff A. |title=Goodenia lanata |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/a40f7a39-b6af-4984-a9dc-e80199273b48 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=27 February 2021}}
Taxonomy
The species was first formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.{{cite web|title=Goodenia lanata|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/485165|publisher=APNI|access-date=27 February 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae |date=1810 |location=London |page=577 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/21871#page/445/mode/1up |access-date=27 February 2021}} The specific epithet (lanata) means "covered with tangled hairs".{{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|page=234}}
Distribution and habitat
Trailing goodenia grows in heath, grassy woodland and open forest. It occurs mainly in southern Victoria and is widespread in Tasmania.{{cite web |last1=Jordan |first1=Greg |title=Goodenia lanata |url=https://www.utas.edu.au/dicotkey/dicotkey/Gooden/sGoodenia_lanata.htm |publisher=University of Tasmania |access-date=27 February 2021}}
Cultural significance
Goodenia lanata is the emblem of the Field Naturalists' Club of Ballarat.{{Cite journal |last=Gregurke |first=John E |date=October 1990 |title=Excursion – Creswick Railway Line |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/384062 |journal=The Ballarat Naturalist |pages=2 |via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}}