Botanical Family · Asterales

Goodeniaceae

Fan Flower Family

1 speciesOrder Asterales1+ well-known plants

The Goodeniaceae family (Fan Flower Family) is a botanical family placed in the order Asterales. It is represented by a single species in the SASYA catalogue. That species is a shrub.

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Representative GOODENIACEAE specimen
Representative specimen · Goodeniaceae
Key pattern

Simple, often fleshy leaves on herbs and shrubs of coastal and dry habitats; irregular, fan-shaped flowers split open along one side, with all five petal lobes fanning out to one side rather than surrounding the flower evenly.

The lopsided, one-sided fan shape of the corolla — all the petals splayed to one side rather than radiating evenly — is an easy, distinctive field mark for the family.

Typical leaf characters

  • ArrangementAlternate
  • TypeVariable
  • MarginVariable
  • VenationVariable

Characters typical of the family — individual species can vary.

Typical flower & fruit

  • Flower symmetryVariable
  • InflorescenceVariable
  • FruitDrupe

Typical of the family — flowering plants only; species can vary.

Notable members

All 1 species in GOODENIACEAE

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