Goodia lotifolia Salisb.

Evergreen shrub up to c. 2 m high; stems sparsely hairy when young, soon glabrous. Lvs sparsely hairy when young, ± glabrous when mature; leaflets elliptic to obovate, obtuse to acute, shortly mucronate, entire, 10–30 mm long; terminal petiolule 3–6 mm long; lateral petiolules c. 1 mm long. Raceme with numerous fls, elongate, diffuse; pedicels 4–8 mm long. Calyx ± glabrous but teeth tomentose within; upper teeth ovate and acute; lower teeth triangular, acuminate, ± = tube. Corolla yellow, reddish toward base, 12–15 mm long. Pod glabrous, irregularly elliptic-oblong, on a long slender stalk, transversely reticulate, 1–4-seeded, c. 25–40 mm long; seeds smooth, dark brown and partly black, oblong, 3–4 mm long; foot of seed aril c. 1.5 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Sep.–Nov.