Scientific Name: Goodenia rotundifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    goo-DEEN-ee-ah row-tund-ee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    Star Goodenia
  • Derivation:
    Goodenia: Dr. Goodenough, 18th cent. bishop who wrote on seaweeds and sedges, vice pres. of the Royal Society rotundifolia: round leaves
  • Type:
    Herb Groundcover perennial herb , usually prostrate
  • Family:
    GOODENIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    Yellow, most of the year. Usually solitary axillary with smooth styles.
  • Fruit:
    spherical 4-8 mm.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Landcare Display Garden, W2, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Cooloothin Corner, Old Tewantin, Upper Mt. Tinbeerwah, Tewantin Forest Gyndier, Fraser Island, Johns, Cooroibah Conservation Park, Cooroibah Bushland Reserve, Stratford Park, Batianoff 87, Cranks Creek, Upper Yandina Creek, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Girraween, Noosa Banks, BHNR, NNS, Heritage Park,
Identification Notes

Leaf margins coarsely toothed.

Associated Fauna

Butterfly host plant: Meadow argus.

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type) Sun, part shade, shade. Pot plant or hanging basket.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Featured in Noosa Landcare Display Garden at Pomona.||