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Goodenia sericostachya

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Goodenia sericostachya, commonly known as silky-spiked goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the west of Western Australia. It is an erect herb or shrub with silvery hairs, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and thyrses of blue to pinkish-mauve flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows on sandplains, germinating after fire, between Yuna and the lower reaches of the Murchison River in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of Western Australia.

Other Goodenia plants

Coopernookia scabridiuscula · Coopernookia strophiolata · Goodenia affinis · White Goodenia · Clasping Goodenia · Goodenia anfracta · Goodenia angustifolia · Goodenia arachnoidea · Goodenia arenicola · Goodenia argillacea · Toothed Velleia · Goodenia armitiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goodenia sericostachya by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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