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Common Velleia

Goodenia trinervis

Common Velleia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Goodenia trinervis, known as Common Velleia, is a small perennial herb from south-west Western Australia with yellow flowers. It grows in damp places, so keep its soil moist.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil consistently moist, especially in its growing season, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost but protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Goodenia trinervis is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with linear to spoon-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, yellow flowers on an ascending flower stem, and oval fruit.

Where it grows

This goodenia often grows in damp places and occurs from north of Perth to near Esperance in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western 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 trinervis 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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