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Goodenia armitiana

Goodenia armitiana
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Goodenia armitiana is a small erect perennial herb from northern Australia, grown mainly as a native wildflower in dry tropical gardens. It needs full sun and very well-drained soil, and tolerates dry conditions once established.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow the soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil, low in nutrients.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect from frost below about 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Goodenia armitiana, commonly known as narrow-leaved goodenia or fine goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect herb with sticky or vanished cylindrical leaves, racemes of yellow flowers with leaf-like bracts at the base, and more or less spherical fruit.

Where it grows

Narrow-leaved goodenia grows in open habitats from the Kimberley region of Western Australia and through the Northern Territory to north-east Queensland.

Other Goodenia plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goodenia armitiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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