Goodia pubescens

Goodia pubescens, commonly known as golden tip,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It has yellow pea flowers, bluish-green leaves and found in Victoria and New South Wales.

Golden tip
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Goodia
Species:
G. pubescens
Binomial name
Goodia pubescens

Description

Goodia pubescens is a small tree or shrub to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) high, new branchlets thickly covered with flattened or spreading hairs. The leaves are bluish-green, divided into 3 leaflets, smaller leaves are oval to oval-wedge shaped or elliptic, broader at the apex. The leaves at the end of branches mostly egg-shaped, 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) long, 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) wide with occasional hairs on upper and lower surface, and the petiole 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long. The flowers are borne in racemes 2–6 cm (0.79–2.36 in) long, flowers yellow with red or brown markings, 9–14 mm (0.35–0.55 in) long on a pedicel 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long. The calyx 4–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) long, covered in short, soft hairs. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is an oblong to narrowly-elliptic pod 1–2 cm (0.39–0.79 in) long narrowing to a stalk.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Goodia pubescens was first formally described in 1810 by Sims and the description was published in Botanical Magazine.[5][6]The specific epithet (pubescens) means "downy with soft, fine hairs".[7]

Distribution and habitat

Golden tip grows in a variety of situations, dry sclerophyll forests, sheltered valleys and near rainforests.[3][4]

References
  1. "Goodia pubescens". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. "Goodia pubescens". Local Plant Directory. Yarra Ranges Shire Council. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. "Goodia pubescens". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. Messina, Andre. "Goodia pubescens". VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. "Goodia pubescens". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. Sims, John (1810). "Goodia pubescens". Botanical Magazine. 32: 1310. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 295. ISBN 9780958034180.
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