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Wide Leaved Goodenia

Goodenia strangfordii

Wide Leaved Goodenia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Wide-leaved goodenia is a low, spreading perennial herb from northern Australia with yellow flowers borne in racemes. It grows best in seasonally wet, heavy soil in a sunny, open spot.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during the wet season and keep soil moist; reduce watering in the dry season.
Soil
Heavy, moisture-retentive soil that drains adequately.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Northern Territory to Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Goodenia strangfordii, commonly known as wide-leaved goodenia in the Northern Territory, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect herb with narrow elliptic to lance-shaped stem leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia grows in heavy, seasonally wet soil in the Northern Territory, Queensland and the far north-east of 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 strangfordii 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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