Goodia lotifolia

Goodia lotifolia, commonly known as golden tip or clover tree,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a sometimes tall shrub with trifoliate leaves, the leaflets narrowly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and bright yellow, pea-like flowers with red or brown markings.

Goodia lotifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Goodia
Species:
G. lotifolia
Binomial name
Goodia lotifolia
Leaves

Description

Goodia lotifolia is a sometimes tall shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft). Its leaves are trifoliate with egg-shaped leaflets, the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 6–30 mm (0.24–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long. The flowers are yellow with red or brown markings, arranged in racemes 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long, each flower 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long on a pedicel 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long. The sepals are 3.5–7 mm (0.14–0.28 in) long and joined at the base, the lower three sepal lobes about as long as the sepal tube. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is an egg-shaped to oblong pod 16–38 mm (0.63–1.50 in) long.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy

Goodia lotifolia was first formally described in 1806 by Richard Anthony Salisbury in Paradisus Londinensis.[6][7] The specific epithet (lotifolia) means "lotus-leaved".[8]

Distribution and habitat

Golden tip grows in sheltered valleys, in forest or on the margins of rainforest and occurs from south-eastern Queensland, through eastern New South Wales, the south-eastern half of Victoria and in Tasmania where it is common.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Goodia lotifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  2. James, Teresa A. "Goodia lotifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  3. Ross, James H.; Messina, Andre. "Goodia lotifolia". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. Rodway, Leonard (1903). The Tasmanian Flora. Hobart: Tasmanian Government Printer. p. 38. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  5. Bentham, George (1864). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 177. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  6. "Goodia lotifolia". APNI. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. Salisbury, Richard A. (1806). Hooker, William (ed.). Paradisus Londinensis. Frith Street: William Hooker. p. 41. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  8. "Goodia lotifolia"". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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