Goodenia subauriculata

Goodenia subauriculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a hairy, ascending to low-lying herb with toothed, linear leaves and spikes of small, brownish-yellow flowers.

Description
Goodenia subauriculata is a hairy, ascending to low-lying herb with stems up to 10 cm. Its leaves are linear, about 80 mm long and 5 mm wide with toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in spikes up to 80 mm long with leaf-like bracts. The sepals are lance-shaped, about 1.5 mm long and the corolla is brownish-yellow, about 4.5 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are about 1 mm long with wings about 0.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs around April.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia subauriculata was first formally described in 1946 by Cyril Tenison White in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland.

Distribution
This goodenia grows in Arnhem Land and nearby areas in the Northern Territory and on Cape York Peninsula in Queensland.

Conservation status
Goodenia subauriculata is classified as "data deficient" in the Northern Territory and as of "least concern" in Queensland.