Goodia lotifolia

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Common name:         Common Golden-tip

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (lotifolia) means "lotus-leaved"

Flowers:                  

• The flowers are yellow with red or brown markings, arranged in racemes 40–120 mm long, each flower 4–6 mm long on a pedicel 3–12 mm long

• The sepals are 3.5–7 mm long and joined at the base, the lower three sepal lobes about as long as the sepal tube

• Flowering occurs from September to November 

Fruit:                         

• An egg-shaped to oblong pod 16–38 mm long

Leaves:         

• Trifoliate with egg-shaped leaflets, the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic, 10–30 mm long and 6–30 mm wide 

• On a petiole 5–30 mm long

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A sometimes tall shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m 

Habitat:   

• Sheltered valleys, in forest or on the margins of rainforest 

Distribution:                  

• From south-eastern Queensland, through eastern NSW, the south-eastern half of Victoria and in Tasmania where it is common

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Goodia lotifolia was first formally described in 1806 by Richard Anthony Salisbury in Paradisus Londinensis

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodia_lotifolia (2024)