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Goodenia claytoniacea

Goodenia claytoniacea
Photo: Frederick Humphreys, CC BY 3.0 au

Goodenia claytoniacea is a small ascending herb from the south-west of Western Australia, grown mainly as a native garden or bushland plant. It likes moist sandy soil and is usually treated as a short-lived perennial, though Wikipedia calls it an annual in places.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, as it naturally grows in swampy ground.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining but moisture-retentive soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Goodenia claytoniacea is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an annual herb with lance-shaped leaves mostly at the base of the plant, yellow flowers arranged singly or in small groups, and oval fruit.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in sandy soil in swampy areas in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren in the south-west of Western 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 claytoniacea 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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