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Goodenia rostrivalvis

Goodenia rostrivalvis is an ascending subshrub, up to about 60 cm tall, endemic to a small area of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, where it grows on south-facing sandstone cliffs. It is a poorly known wild species rarely grown in gardens, so care should follow a sandy, well-drained, cool-climate approach.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water moderately while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty mix, acidic to neutral.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from hard frost and extreme heat.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
New South Wales (Blue Mts.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Goodenia rostrivalvis is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is an ascending subshrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and thyrses or racemes of hairy yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia is only known from the Blue Mountains where it grows on south-facing sandstone cliffs near Wentworth Falls .

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 rostrivalvis 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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