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Goodenia sepalosa

Goodenia sepalosa
Photo: Allthingsnative, CC BY 4.0

Goodenia sepalosa is a low, spreading or ascending native herb from northern Australia, grown mainly as a curiosity or for dry-tropical gardens. Give it sandy, well-drained soil and full sun.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly; let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining soil.
Temperature
Warm conditions suited to a seasonally dry tropical climate; protect from frost.
Native range
NW. & N. Western Australia to N. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Goodenia sepalosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending herb with narrow oblong to lance-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in sandy soil in the Kimberley region of Western Australia and the northern part of the Northern Territory. Variety glandulosa is only known from the collection made by Norman Byrnes near Derby in 1967.

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 sepalosa 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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