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Goodenia glabrata

Goodenia glabrata
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Goodenia glabrata is a small annual herb from arid inland Australia, and the sources describe it as Goodenia capillosa (hispid velleia), so the name and description may be mixed up. Like other desert annuals, it needs full sun, very well-drained sandy soil and little water, and it grows from seed.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it is adapted to dry desert conditions.
Soil
Sandy or loamy, very well-drained soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot days and cool nights typical of arid areas; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia capillosa, commonly known as hispid velleia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to inland areas of Western Australia and South Australia. It is an annual herb with covered with soft hairs, and has narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves with toothed or lyre-shaped edges, and yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Goodenia capillosa grows in drier communities from near Laverton to Meekatharra and the Great Victoria Desert, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison and Yalgoo of Western Australia and in the Yellabinna Wilderness Protection Area 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 capillosa 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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