Goodenia decursiva

Appearance

''Goodenia decursiva'' is an erect, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 1 m . The leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped and toothed, 10–35 mm long, 8–12 mm wide, more or less stem-clasping and densely arranged up the stem and almost obscuring it. The flowers are arranged in compact thyrses up to 100 mm long on a peduncle up to 100 mm long, with linear bracts up to 50 mm long at the base, each flower on a pedicel 1–2 mm long. The sepals are linear, about 9 mm long and the corolla is white and 15–18 mm long. The lobes of the corolla are about 8 mm long with wings about 2 mm wide. Flowering occurs from September to January and the fruit is a cylindrical capsule about 9 mm long.

Naming

''Goodenia decursiva'' was first formally described in 1905 by William Vincent Fitzgerald in the ''Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society'' from material collected in "sandy ground on the side of granite hill, Esperance, October, 1903" by . The specific epithet means "decurrent", referring to the leaves.

Distribution

This goodenia grows in sandy soil on granite outcrops and hills, mostly near the sea, along the south coast of Western Australia between Esperance and Israelite Bay in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions.

Status

''Goddenia decursiva'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Department of Environment and Conservation .

Habitat

This goodenia grows in sandy soil on granite outcrops and hills, mostly near the sea, along the south coast of Western Australia between Esperance and Israelite Bay in the Esperance Plains and Mallee biogeographic regions.