Velleia montana

Velleia montana, commonly known as mountain velleia,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae. It is a small, perennial herb with tubular yellow flowers, mainly growing in woodland and sub-alpine grasslands in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Mountain velleia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Velleia
Species:
V. montana
Binomial name
Velleia montana
Occurrence data from AVH

Description

Velleia montana is a small herbaceous plant to 15 cm (5.9 in) high that forms a rosette. The leaves are oblanceolate to obovate, 1.5 to 8 cm (0.59 to 3.15 in) long, 6 to 30 mm (0.24 to 1.18 in) wide with toothed or smooth margins. The three sepals are separated, upper sepal oval to oblong-shaped and 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long. The yellow corolla is 7 to 10 mm (0.28 to 0.39 in) long, inner and outer surface covered with short, soft hairs. The scapes grow horizontally to 10 cm (3.9 in) high and mostly shorter than the leaves. The bracteoles are more or less linear-shaped, separated, up to 5 mm (0.20 in) long. Flowering occurs from November to February and the fruit is a more or less spherical shaped, flattened, hairy capsule about 2 mm (0.079 in) in diameter.[3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Velleia montana was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker and the description was published in the London Journal of Botany.[5][6] The specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[7]

Distribution and habitat

Mountain velleia grows at higher altitudes in woodland, subalpine swamps and grassland south of Boonoo Boonoo National Park, Tasmania and Victoria.[2]

References
  1. "Velleia montana". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  2. Carolin, R.C. "Velleia montana". PlantNET-NSW flora online. Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. "Key to Tasmanian Dicots". www.utas.edu.au. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
  4. Cosgrove, Meredith (2014). Photographic Guide to Native Plants of the Australian Capital Territory. Meadow Argus. p. 177. ISBN 9780994183408.
  5. "Velleia montana". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. Hooker, Joseph (1847). "Velleia montana". London Journal of Botany. 6: 265. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books


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