Goodenia macbarronii



Goodenia macbarronii, commonly known as narrow goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect perennial herb with adventitious roots, toothed, lance-shaped leaves with the lower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Description
Goodenia macbarronii is an erect, perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm long and has adventitious roots. The leaves are thick, lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 50–100 mm long and 2–5 mm wide, with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 250 mm long on a peduncle up to 20 mm long, with linear bracts 2–20 mm long and bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, each flower on a pedicel 0.5–3 mm long. The sepals are linear to elliptic, 1–2 mm long, the petals yellow 7–9 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 4–4.5 mm long with wings about 1 mm wide. Flowering mainly occurs from October to March and the fruit is an oval capsule 3–4 mm long.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia macbarronii was first formally described in 1990 Roger Charles Carolin in the journal Telopea, from specimens collected by E.J. McBarron near Holbrook in 1947. The specific epithet (macbarronii) honours the collector of the type specimens.

Distribution and habitat
Narrow goodenia grows in damp places on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range, between the Guyra and Inverell districts of New South Wales and the Wedderburn and Moyhu districts of northern Victoria.