Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Goodenia dimorpha

Flower. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park south of Sydney

Flower. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park south of Sydney

Base of plant. Photographer John Tann, Royal National Park south of Sydney

Common name

A goodenia

Family

Goodeniaceae

Where found

Swampy places on sandstone. Coast and ranges, north from the Sydney area and Blue Mountains.

Notes

Herb to 0.5 m high. Stems hairless. Leaves mostly basal, a few alternating up the stems, 1–5 cm long, 2–11 mm wide, thick, margins entire or slightly toothed. Flowers yellow, 12–15 mm long, tubular, the tube split to the base, with 5 lobes, 2-lipped. Flowers in branched clusters on almost leafless stalks. Flowering: chiefly October–March. Seeds elliptic, about 1.5 mm long, dark brown, glossy.

var. angustifolia:  Basal leaves very narrow.

var. dimorpha:  Basal leaves with the length 1–3 times the breadth, broader above the midde.

PlantNET description of species and key to varieties:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Goodenia~dimorpha  (accessed 5 April 2021)