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Goodenia discophora

Goodenia discophora
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Goodenia discophora, known as cabbage poison, is a low yellow-flowered herb from south-west Western Australia that often appears after fire on sandy or gravelly soils. It is grown only rarely, mainly by native plant enthusiasts, and needs sun, sharp drainage and dry conditions.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out fully between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gravelly mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates light frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia discophora, commonly known as cabbage poison, is a species of flowering plant in the Goodeniaceae family and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a herb with lyre-shaped, pinnatifid leaves and yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Goodenia discophora grows in sandy and gravelly soils, often appearing after fire in southern Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison and Yalgoo bioregions 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 discophora 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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