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Goodenia pinnatifida
Also called Mother Ducks, Scrambled Eggs
Goodenia pinnatifida is a low perennial herb native to Australia, grown mainly as a dry-climate garden or native plant. It needs well-drained soil and full sun to produce its yellow flowers.
Goodenia pinnatifida, commonly known as cut-leaf goodenia, scrambled eggs or mother ducks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to Australia. It is a low-lying to ascending perennial herb with toothed to pinnatisect leaves, racemes of yellow flowers and more or less spherical fruit.
Cut-leaf goodenia grows in a variety of habitats including grassland, woodland and forest. It occurs in all Australian states and the Australian Capital Territory but not the Northern Territory.
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 pinnatifida 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.
