Goodenia glareicola

Goodenia glareicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, perennial herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves, and racemes of blue flowers with purplish spots.

Description
Goodenia glareicola is an erect, glabrous or glaucous perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 30 cm. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 20–30 mm long and 2–4 mm wide, those on the stems smaller. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 200 mm long on a peduncle 8–20 mm long with leaf-like bracts 1–2 mm long at the base. Each flower is on a pedicel usually 5–10 mm long with linear to lance-shaped bracteoles 2.5–3 mm long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 3–4 mm long, the corolla blue, about 15 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 6–7 mm long with wings 2–2.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is an oval capsule 8–9 mm long.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia glareicola was first formally described in 1990 by Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea from material collected in 1931 by William Blackall near Newdegate. The specific epithet (glareicola) means "gravel-inhabiting".

Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in gravelly and sandy soil from Mullewa to Lake Grace in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status
Goodenia glareicola is classified as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife.