Family: Goodeniaceae
Plant: A small bushy shrub up to 1m high.
Flowers: 5-petalled, irregular bright yellow flowers up to 2cm long borne singly or in erect axillary racemes.
Flowering: Mainly October-March.
Fruit: A purple to blackish ovoid capsule about 1cm long.
Leaves: Broad, thin, glossy dark green, hairless, aromatic, alternate, ovate to elliptic, up to 8cm long and with slightly toothed edges.
Habitat: Rainforest margins and wet sclerophyll forest.
Features: Stalked bright yellow flowers in short racemes. Soft green aromatic foliage.
Name:
Goodenia After the English botanist and cleric Dr. Samuel Goodenough, the Bishop of Carlisle
ovata From Latin ovata = oval or egg-shaped (referring to its leaf shape)
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Single |
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Colour(s) |
Yellow |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
5 |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 3, 10, 11, |
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12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Purple, Black |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Oval |
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Length |
Medium |
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Margins |
Toothed |
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Attachment |
Stalked |
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Other Features |
Aromatic |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Rainforest, Wet sclerophyll forest |
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