Goodenia lineata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2014}}
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|name = Grampians goodenia
|image = Goodenia lineata.jpg
|image_caption = In the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne
|genus = Goodenia
|species = lineata
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|authority = J.H.Willis{{cite web|title=Goodenia lineata|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/74565|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=3 March 2021}}
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Goodenia lineata, commonly known as Grampians goodenia,{{cite web |last1=Jeanes |first1=Jeff A. |title=Goodenia lineata |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/bd347531-bcb4-443d-a178-85919e0f0d03 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria |access-date=3 March 2021}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Grampians in Victoria. It is an erect perennial herb with lance-shaped, more or less toothed leaves with the narrower end towards the base and racemes of yellow flowers.
Description
Goodenia lineata is an erect perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|50|cm}}. The leaves are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|30–80|mm}} long and {{cvt|3–9|mm}} wide, with more or less toothed edges and mostly arranged at the base of the plant. The flowers are arranged small numbers in racemes up to {{cvt|200|mm}} long on a peduncle {{cvt|40–80|mm}} long. Each flower is on a pedicel {{cvt|40–80|mm}} long and there are linear bracts {{cvt|3–9|mm}} long and triangular bracteoles {{cvt|3–4|mm}} long. The sepals are lance-shaped, {{cvt|4–7|mm}} long and the corolla is yellow and about {{cvt|20|mm}} long. The lower lobes of the corolla are {{cvt|8–10|mm}} long with wings about {{cvt|2|mm}} wide. Flowering mainly occurs from November to February but fruit and seeds have not been recorded.{{cite web |last1=Carolin |first1=Roger C. |title=Goodenia leptoclada |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Goodenia%20lineata |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=27 February 2021}}
Taxonomy
Goodenia lineata was first formally described by botanist Jim Willis in 1967 in the journal Muelleria. The type specimen was collected by Willis at the summit of Mount William.{{cite web|title=Goodenia lineata|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/487194|publisher=APNI|accessdate=3 March 2021}}{{cite journal |last1=Willis |first1=James H. |title=Systematic notes on the indigenous Australian flora. |journal=Muelleria |date=1967 |volume=1 |issue=3 |pages=151–152 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/199349#page/39/mode/1up |access-date=19 March 2025}} The specific epithet (lineata) means "marked with straight lines", referring to "the boldly striped lower half of the corolla".{{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 |page=241 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Conservation status
The species is listed as "vulnerable" under the Victorian Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.