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Goodenia heppleana

Goodenia heppleana
Photo: Benjamin Anderson, CC BY 4.0

Goodenia heppleana is a low, hairy herb from northern Australian woodland, with yellow flowers on long racemes that bloom from February to June. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it suits dry-tropical or xeric gardens.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then let the soil dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
NE. Western Australia to N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Goodenia heppleana is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect or prostrate herb with lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in open forest and woodland in the north-east Kimberley region of Western Australia and in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.

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 heppleana 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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