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Toothed Velleia

Goodenia arguta

Toothed Velleia
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
C. & S. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia arguta, commonly known as spur velleia, or grassland goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to continental Australia. It is a glabrous perennial with a rosette of leaves at the base of the plant and ascending flowering stems with deep yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Spur velleia usually grows in mallee or grassland and rocky sites, in all states of Australia, except Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

Other Goodenia plants

Coopernookia scabridiuscula · Coopernookia strophiolata · Goodenia affinis · White Goodenia · Clasping Goodenia · Goodenia anfracta · Goodenia angustifolia · Goodenia arachnoidea · Goodenia arenicola · Goodenia argillacea · Goodenia armitiana · Goodenia armstrongiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goodenia arguta by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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