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Goodenia megasepala

Goodenia megasepala is a prostrate to low-growing perennial herb from south-western Queensland, with yellow flowers in racemes. It is a little-known native wildflower best grown in sandy, free-draining soil in full sun.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Red or sandy, free-draining soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions typical of inland Queensland; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Queensland
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia megasepala is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with toothed or lobed, lance-shaped to narrow elliptic leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in red, sandy soil in central-western Queensland.

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 megasepala 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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