''Coopernookia strophiolata'' is a shrub in the Goodeniaceae family, endemic to Australia and found in both

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

and

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...

Description

''Coopernookia strophiolata'' is a sticky, spreading (sometimes straggly) shrub growing from heights of 30 cm to 1.2 m. The leaves are obovate, spoon-shaped or elliptic, narrowing gradually towards the base, and have toothed margins and a few star-shaped hairs. The leaf blades are 10 to 35 mm long by 2 to 15 mm wide. The stalks of the inflorescence are up to 12 mm long. The sepals are 3 to 7 mm long, and joined to the ovary towards the base. The white dark-veined corolla is up to 12 mm long and has stellate hairs on the outside. The lobes are unequal and the adaxial lobes have bristles near their posterior margins. The capsule is globular and 5 to 7 mm in diameter. The seeds (3 mm long) are ellipsoidal.

Taxonomy and naming

The species was first described as ''Goodenia strophiolata'' by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (german: Müller; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Vict ...

in 1859 in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae''. It was transferred to the newly described genus, ''

Coopernookia ''Coopernookia'' is a plant genus of six species of small perennial shrubs that are all endemic to Australia. They have hairy, often sticky leaves, and flowers with bilateral symmetry. Description Plants in the genus ''Coopernookia'' are small ...

'' by Roger Carolin in 1968.

Distribution and habitat

''Coopernookia strophiolata'' occurs on sands, clays and stony soils. In Western Australia it is found in Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces, and in South Australia, near Maralinga and on the

Eyre Peninsula The Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. It is bounded by the Spencer Gulf on the east, the Great Australian Bight on the west, and the Gawler Ranges to the north. Originally called Eyre’s Peninsula, it was named aft ...

References

External links

''Coopernookia strophiolata'' occurrence data
from the

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q17479798 Goodeniaceae Eudicots of Western Australia Ericales of Australia Endemic flora of Western Australia Flora of South Australia Plants described in 1859 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller