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Swamp Goodenia

Goodenia humilis

Swamp Goodenia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Swamp goodenia is a small, weak perennial herb native to south-eastern Australia, growing to about 20 cm in damp woodland and grassland. It grows best in consistently moist, swampy conditions.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist, never allowing it to dry out.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich soil or a boggy garden mix.
Temperature
Tolerant of cool temperate conditions; protect from severe frost, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. South Australia to Tasmania
Climate
temperate

About

Goodenia humilis, commonly known as swamp goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a weak, perennial herb with linear to lance-shaped leaves mostly at the base of the plant, and racemes or thyrses of yellow or yellowish-brown flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in swampy places and damp areas in woodland and grassland. It is widespread and locally common in Victoria but also occurs in Tasmania, the far south-east of South Australia and in New South Wales, south from Wapengo Lake.

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 humilis 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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