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Black's Goodenia

Goodenia blackiana

Black's Goodenia
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY 3.0

Black's goodenia is a small, prostrate to ascending perennial herb from southern Australia, grown for its yellow flowers from late spring to summer. It suits dry, open native gardens with good drainage.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
Tolerates cool to warm conditions; frost tolerant, protect from prolonged waterlogged cold.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. South Australia to Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Goodenia blackiana, commonly known as Black's goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a herb with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in mallee, woodland and grassland in scattered locations in western and northern Victoria and south-eastern 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 blackiana 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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