Goodenia trichophylla

Goodenia trichophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect to ascending herb with sticky or shiny, linear leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of blue flowers.

Description
Goodenia trichophylla is an erect to ascending herb that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm with sticky or shiny foliage covered with flattened, shield-like hairs. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear, 20–40 mm long and about 2 mm wide. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 200 mm long on peduncles 5–9 mm long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles 1.0–1.2 mm long. The sepals are lance-shaped, 1.0–1.5 mm long, the corolla blue and 8–12 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 4–5 mm long with wings about 1 mm wide. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December and the fruit is an oblong to oval capsule 5–6 mm long.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia trichophylla was first formally described in 1886 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from an unpublished description by Willem Hendrik de Vriese. The specific epithet (trichophylla) means "hair-leaved".

Distribution and habitat
This goodenia grows in sandy soil in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status
Goodenia trichophylla is classified as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.