Goodenia xanthosperma

Goodenia xanthosperma, commonly known as yellow-seeded goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to southern inland Western Australia. It is a prostrate herb with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with purplish markings.

Description
Goodenia xanthosperma is a prostrate herb that typically grows to a height of 1–15 cm with stems up to 80 cm long. The leaves at the base of the plant are elliptic to egg-shaped, 30–60 mm long and 13–30 mm wide, with toothed or lobed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 800 mm long on a peduncle up to 50 mm long with leaf-like bracts and linear bracteoles up to 10–30 mm long, each flower on a pedicel 2–25 mm long. The corolla is yellow with purplish markings, about 15 mm long, the lower lobes 5–7 mm long with wings about 2 mm wide. Flowering mainly occurs from May to October.

Taxonomy and naming
Goodenia xanthosperma was first formally described in 1876 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by Jess Young. The specific epithet (xanthosperma) means "yellow-seeded".

Distribution
This goodenia grows in sandy soil on sandplains in the drier areas of southern inland Western Australia.

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