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Goodenia potamica

Goodenia potamica is a low, spreading or ascending herb in the Goodeniaceae, native to river flats and woodland in the Liverpool River area of the Northern Territory, Australia. It is a wild species with little horticultural history, so growing it is mostly a matter of matching its native seasonally dry tropical conditions.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the growing season and allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings; reduce in the dry season.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or loamy soil, tolerant of moderate fertility.
Temperature
18–35 °C; protect below 10 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Goodenia potamica is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a prostrate to ascending herb with elliptic to oblong leaves on the stems and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows on river flats and in woodland in the Liverpool River area of 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 potamica 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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