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Pink Velleia

Goodenia rosea

Pink Velleia
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Pink velleia (Goodenia rosea) is a small herb from inland Western Australia, often treated as an annual in cultivation despite some sources calling it perennial. It needs full sun, very well drained sandy soil and little water.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; overwatering causes rot.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates frost briefly but protect from prolonged cold below about 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia rosea, commonly known as pink velleia, is a species in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with lance-shaped to toothed or pinnatisect leaves, pink, lilac or white flowers on an ascending flower stem, and compressed fruit.

Where it grows

Goodenia rosea occurs in the area between Kalgoorlie, Cowcowing and near Geraldton in the Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor and Yalgoo IBRA regions of inland Western Australia.

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 rosea 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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