Goodenia concinna

Goodenia concinna is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to coastal area of southern Western Australia. It is a perennial, herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves, and racemes of yellow or cream-coloured flowers.

Description
Goodenia concinna is an erect to ascending perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 15–40 cm. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped, 30–90 mm long and 1–8 mm wide. The flowers are arranged in a raceme up to 80 mm long with leaf-like bracts at the base, each flower on a pedicel 10–20 mm long. The sepals are lance-shaped to narrow elliptic, 1.5–2.5 mm long and the corolla is yellow to cream-coloured and 10–14 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 4.5–5.5 mm long with wings about 1.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule 5–6 mm long.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia concinna was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis. The specific epithet (concinna) means "neat, pretty or elegant".

Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in sandy heath and forest near the south coast of Western Australia.

Conservation status
Goddenia concinna is classified as "not threatened" by the Department of Environment and Conservation (Western Australia).