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Mallee Goodenia

Goodenia fascicularis

Mallee Goodenia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Goodenia fascicularis, silky goodenia, is a small ascending perennial herb native to eastern and central Australia, growing in scrub, woodland and grassland. It is a hardy, drought-tolerant native that is best grown in open, free-draining conditions.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and mild frosts; protect from prolonged hard frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia fascicularis, commonly known as silky goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is widely distributed in eastern continental Australia. It is an ascending perennial herb with linear to egg-shaped leaves and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in a wide range of habitats including scrub, woodland and grassland west of Tamworth in New South Wales, in northern and north-western Victoria, and in Queensland, the Northern Territory and 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 fascicularis 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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