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Goodenia pilosa

Goodenia pilosa
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Goodenia pilosa is a small, prostrate to low-lying annual herb from northern Australia and parts of Asia, grown mainly as a wild or native plant rather than an ornamental. It does best in moist, sandy soil in warm, seasonally dry tropical conditions.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil moist while the plant is growing, since it naturally grows in moist ground.
Soil
Moist, sandy, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions, roughly 20–32 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
C. & E. Malesia to N. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Goodenia pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and to parts of Asia. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with erect hairs, narrow oblong to narrow elliptic leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with a purplish base.

Where it grows

Goodenia pilosa usually grows in moist, sandy soil and is found in Arnhem Land and northern Queensland. It also occurs in Indonesia, China and the Philippines.

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 pilosa 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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