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Wavy Goodenia

Goodenia vernicosa

Wavy Goodenia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Wavy goodenia is a small erect shrub from the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, grown for its sticky-then-varnished foliage and yellow flowers. It suits dry, sunny spots with excellent drainage and little water once established.

Family
Goodeniaceae (Goodeni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, rocky soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry conditions and mild frosts; protect from prolonged freezing.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. South Australia (Flinders Range)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Goodenia vernicosa, commonly known as wavy goodenia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is an erect shrub with sticky, later varnished foliage, elliptic to lance-shaped, sometimes toothed leaves and racemes or thyrses of yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This goodenia occurs in the Flinders Ranges of South 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 vernicosa 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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