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Goodenia benthamiana

Goodenia benthamiana
Photo: Chris Clarke, CC BY 2.5 au

Goodenia benthamiana, small-leaf goodenia, is an aromatic undershrub from south-eastern Australia with yellow flowers borne mainly from September to January. It is a native of forest, woodland and mallee scrub, so it suits dry, open, sunny sites.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soils.
Temperature
Hardy in mild to warm climates; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. South Australia, C. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Goodenia benthamiana, commonly known as small-leaf goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an aromatic undershrub with stem-clasping, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed edges, and yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three in leaf axils, with leaf-like bracteoles at the base.

Where it grows

Goodenia benthamiana grows in forest, woodland and mallee scrubland in scattered areas of western Victoria and on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia.

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 armitiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Goodenia benthamiana 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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