Family Index

Scientific Name

Goodenia humilis

Family Name

GOODENIACEAE

Common Name

Swamp Goodenia

Status

Height

0.1m (10cm)

Flowers

Flowers of 1.5 cm across are yellow, sometimes solitary, and profuse.

Fruit

Woody capsule

Form

Dwarf, tufting perennial herb which suckers from a slender branched rhizoome

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Burnie; Central Highlands; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Launceston; Meander Valley; West Coast

Communities

Heath; Riparian; Sedgeland and Wetland; Wet Eucalypt Forest

Habitat Notes

Sandy flats near the coast in the north and on the central plateau at altitudes of c 800m

Site Tolerance

Exposed; Moist; Waterlogged; Waterlogged

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Clay; Phosphorous intolerant; Poor; Poorly-drained; Sandy

General Notes

Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

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Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed Treatment Method

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

Expected Time to Plant Out

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Yes

Cutting Notes

Propagate by division of rhizomes.