''Goodenia macbarronii'', commonly known as narrow goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect perennial

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with adventitious roots, toothed, lance-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, and

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s of yellow flowers.

Description

''Goodenia macbarronii'' is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to long and has adventitious roots. The leaves are thick, lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide, with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to long on a

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up to long, with linear

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s long and bracteoles long, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are linear to elliptic, long, the petals yellow long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings about wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to March and the fruit is an oval capsule long.

Taxonomy and naming

''Goodenia macbarronii'' was first formally described in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin in the journal '' Telopea'', from specimens collected by E.J. McBarron near Holbrook in 1947. The

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(''macbarronii'') honours the collector of the

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specimens.

Distribution and habitat

Narrow goodenia grows in damp places on the western slopes of the

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, between the Guyra and Inverell districts of New South Wales and the

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and

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districts of northern Victoria.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17480118 macbarronii Flora of Queensland Flora of New South Wales Flora of Victoria (state) Plants described in 1990 Taxa named by Roger Charles Carolin Endemic flora of Australia