Goodenia montana

Goodenia montana, commonly known as mountain velleia,^[2] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, perennial herb with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers. It mainly grows in woodland and sub-alpine grasslands in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Mountain velleia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Goodeniaceae
Genus:	Goodenia
Species:	G. montana
Binomial name
Goodenia montana (Hook.f.) K.A.Sheph.[1]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]
Velleia montana Hook.f.

Description

Goodenia montana is a small perennial herb that typically grows to 15 cm (5.9 in) high and forms a rosette. The leaves are lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 15–80 mm (0.59–3.15 in) long, 6–30 mm (0.24–1.18 in) wide with toothed or smooth margins. The flowers are borne on a low-lying or ascending flowering stem up to 100 mm (3.9 in) long with bracteoles up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long. The lower sepal is egg-shaped to oblong, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. The yellow corolla is 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long, inner and outer surface covered with short, soft hairs. Flowering occurs from November to February and the fruit is a more or less spherical capsule about 2 mm (0.079 in) in diameter containing a seed about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) in diameter.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker who gave it the name Velleia montana in the London Journal of Botany.^[8][9] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd transferred the species to Goodenia as G. montana in the journal PhytoKeys.^[1] The specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.^[10]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain velleia grows at higher altitudes in woodland, subalpine swamps and grassland south of Boonoo Boonoo National Park in New South Wales,^[2] and is common in Tasmania^[5] and eastern Victoria.^[7]

References

1. "Goodenia montana". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
2. Carolin, R.C. "Velleia montana". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
3. Carolin, Roger C. "Velleia montana". Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
4. Carolin, Roger C. (1967). "The Genus Velleia Sm". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 92 (1): 55–56. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
5. "Key to Tasmanian Dicots". www.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
6. Cosgrove, Meredith (2014). Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meadow Argus. p. 177. ISBN 9780994183408.
7. Jeanes, Jeff A.; Walsh, Neville G. "Goodenia montana". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
8. "Velleia montana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
9. Hooker, Joseph D. (1847). "Florae Tasmaniae Spicilegium: or, Contributions towards a Flora of Van Diemen's Land". London Journal of Botany. 6: 265. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
10. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books

External links

• Occurrence data for Velleia montana from The Australasian Virtual Herbarium