Goodenia lancifolia

Goodenia lancifolia, commonly known as scruffy goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the far south-west corner of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with linear to narrow egg-shaped at the base and stem-clasping, lance-shaped to egg-shaped stem-leaves and blue flowers with a white centre.

Description
Goodenia lancifolia is a hairy perennial herb that typically grows to a height of 20–40 cm. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 14–65 mm long and 1–4 mm wide. The stem-leaves are more or less stem-clasping, lance-shaped to egg-shaped, 14–65 mm long and 1–4 mm wide, sometimes with toothed or lobed edges. The flowers are arranged in a raceme up to 250 mm long, on peduncles 3–32 mm long, each flower on a hairy pedicel up to 8 mm long. The sepals are narrow egg-shaped, 2.4–3.7 mm long and about 0.8 mm wide and the corolla is blue with a white centre, 6–12 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 3.5–5.9 mm long with wings 1–2 mm wide. Flowering mostly occurs in January and the fruit is an elliptic to oval capsule.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia lancifolia was first formally described in 2000 by Leigh William Sage and Raymond Jeffrey Cranfield in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Pemberton in 2000. The specific epithet (lancifolia) means "lance-leaved".

Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in winter-wet swamps and on the edge of lakes in the far south-west of south-western Western Australia.

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