Bent Goodenia
Goodenia geniculata
Family Goodeniaceae
About
Goodenia geniculata, commonly known as bent goodenia or native primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a low-lying to ascending herb with linear to lance-shaped, often toothed leaves at the base of the plant and racemes of yellow flowers with hairy backs.
How to spot it
Goodenia geniculata is a low-lying to ascending, hairy herb with stems up to 25 cm (9.8 in) and often forming stolons. The leaves at the base of the plant are linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 30–100 mm (1.2–3.9 in) long and 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) wide and often have toothed edges. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long on a peduncle 15–50 mm (0.59–1.97 in) long with leaf-like bracts on the base or solitary in leaf axils. Each flower is on a pe
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Rocky Cape National Park — Tasmania hikes