''Goodenia pilosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and to parts of Asia. It is a prostrate to low-lying

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with erect hairs, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves at the base of the plant and

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s of yellow flowers with a purplish base.

Description

''Goodenia pilosa'' is a prostrate to low-lying herb with stems up to long with erect hairs on the foliage. It has narrow oblong to elliptic leaves at the base of the plant, long and wide, with teeth on the edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to about long, with leaf-like

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

s, each flower on a

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long. The

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s are lance-shaped to narrow oblong, about long, the petals yellow with a purplish base, long. The lower lobes of the corolla are long with wings wide. Flowering occurs from May to August and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule in diameter.

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name ''Calogyne pilosa'' in his '' Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''. In 1990 Roger Charles Carolin changed the name to ''Goodenia pilosa'' in the journal '' Telopea''. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''pilosa'') means "hairy".

Distribution and habitat

''Goodenia pilosa'' usually grows in moist, sandy soil and is found in

Arnhem Land Arnhem Land is a historical region of the Northern Territory of Australia, with the term still in use. It is located in the north-eastern corner of the territory and is around from the territory capital, Darwin. In 1623, Dutch East India Compan ...

and northern Queensland. It also occurs in Indonesia, China and the Philippines.

Conservation status

''Goodenia pilosa'' is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government ''

Nature Conservation Act 1992 The ''Nature Conservation Act 1992'' is an act of the Parliament of Queensland, Australia, that, together with subordinate legislation, provides for the legislative protection of Queensland's threatened biota. As originally published, it prov ...

''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17480114 pilosa Flora of the Northern Territory Flora of Queensland Flora of Indonesia Flora of China Flora of the Philippines Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)