Bunjil, W.A., 15 Oct. 1961, ex herb. C.A. Gardner s.n.; holo: PERTH.

Ascending herb to 25 cm high, silvery cottony-villous. Basal leaves oblanceolate, entire; lamina 4–5 cm long, 6–10 mm wide. Raceme to 15 cm long; bracts leaf-like, smaller; peduncles to 5 mm long; bracteoles linear, 2–6 mm long; pedicel 2–3 mm long. Sepals linear-deltoid, 7–8 mm long. Corolla blue, 15–18 mm long, with few short hairs inside, glabrous outside, with enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 8–9 mm long; wings c. 3 mm wide. Indusium suborbicular, c. 2 mm diam. Ovules c. 40. Fruit and seeds not seen.

See also more recent account by C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, Goodenia perryi in Florabase (2 August 2023, accessed 16 December 2024).

Flowers Oct.–Nov.

Native.

Occurs in the Buntine–Lake Moore region, including near Bunjil, W.A.; was known only from the type collection at the time the Flora of Australia Volume 35 Goodenia treatment was published (Good 1992). Since then, further collections have been recognised, see Goodenia perryi in Florabase (accessed 16 December 2024).

W.A. Conservation code: Priority Three (Florabase, accessed 16 December 2024).

W.A.: near Buntine, L.C. Brooker 471 (PERTH n.v.).

Similar to Goodenia incana which, however, has hairs on the outside of the corolla.

Carolin, R.C., Rajput, M.T.M. & Morrison, D. (1992). Goodeniaceae, in George, A.S. et al. (eds), Flora of Australia 35: 4–300. (Australian Government Publishing Service: Canberra); Goodenia pp. 147–166.

Western Australian Herbarium. (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions); https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/ [Accessed 16 December 2024]

Revised edition, 16 December 2024. Data derived from Flora of Australia Volume 35 (1992), a product of ABRS, ©Commonwealth of Australia.