Flowers and 'leaves'. Photo: Meredith Cosgrove, Uluru-Kata Djata National Park, NT

Plant. Photo: Meredith Cosgrove, Uluru-Kata Djata National Park, NT

Plant. Photo: Meredith Cosgrove, near Gubbata, NSW

Common Name

Smooth Velleia, Pee-the-bed

Family

Goodeniaceae

Notes

Annual forb to 45cm tall. Leaves in a basal rosette, 4-10cm long, 8-20mm wide, flat, hairless or sparsely hairy, margins toothed to dissected. Stem 'leaves' joined together for 1-2mm around the stems, to 2cm long, flat, margins toothed to deeply dissected. Flowers yellow, tubular, the tube split to the base, with 5 lobes, solitary or in open groups on one or more stalks arising from the bases of the stem 'leaves'.

Short description and photo in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 639

eFloraSA description with line drawings:   http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Velleia_glabrata

FloraBase images:  http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/7660