Goodenia forrestii

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Family Goodeniaceae

Taxonomy: Goodenia forrestii F.Muell.

Synonyms: 2 (APC 2026-07-30)

Goodenia forestii F.Muell. (orthographic variant)
Goodenia lasiophylla K.Krause (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_1981 (1), ABRS_2022 (3), ABRS_2023 (16), Chen_2017 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (1), Sweedman_2006 (3), WAH_1998 (1), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_2 (2), Wenk_2022 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 22 traits from 37 records in 10 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Chen_2017]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (1) [sources: Chen_2017]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 40 mm (20-60 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 12.5 mm (5-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): elliptical (1); oblanceolate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed_dentate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (3) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): decumbent (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; WAH_2022_2]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnyyyyynnn (3) [sources: ABRS_1981; Chen_2017; WAH_1998]

seed morphology

seed_length (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_width (numerical): 5.5 mm (5-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
seed_shape (categorical): orbicular (1); winged (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.2 m (0.1-0.3 m) [sources: WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	11	16	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Chen_2017	5	5	Chen, S.-C., Cornwell, W., Z. H.-X., Moles, and A. T. “Plants show more flesh in the tropics: Variation in fruit type along latitudinal and climatic gradients.”. Ecography 40 (2017), pp. 531-538. doi: abs/10.1111/ecog.02010.
ABRS_2022	3	3	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Sweedman_2006	1	3	L. Sweedman and D. Merritt. Australian Seeds: A Guide to Their Collection, Identification, and Biology. CSIRO Publishing, 2006. ISBN: 9780643094079.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	1	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ABRS_1981	1	1	B. A. Barlow, H. T. Clifford, A. S. George, and A. K. A. McCusker. Flora of Australia. 1981. url: http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/flora/main/.
Sjostrom_2006	1	1	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_1998	1	1	Western Australian Herbarium. FloraBase: The Western Australian flora. 1998. url: http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au.