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Family: Goodeniaceae
Coopernookia strophiolata

Citation: Carolm, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. W. 92:211 (1968).

Synonymy: Goodenia strophiolata F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:119 (1859).

Common name: None

Description:
Spreading undershrub to 1 m high; stems ascending, divaricate-branched, at first angled, later terete, woody, glabrescent; leaves obovate to spathulate, attenuate and petiole-like at the base, obtuse to acute, 1-3.5 cm long, 2-15 mm wide, sparsely pubescent when young, later viscid-varnished; margin very shallowly serrate or dentate, usually slightly recurved.

capsule globular, 5-7 mm diam.; seeds oblong, c. 3 mm long, shiny, yellow-brown; caruncle papillose.

image of FSA3_Coopernookia_str.jpg
Image source: fig. 628b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  On sandy loam soils of the Great Victoria Desert.

S.Aust.: NU, EP.   W.Aust.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: mainly July — Sept.


SA Distribution Map based
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