About Goodenia grandiflora Sims
Goodenia grandiflora is an erect undershrub that typically reaches a height of 1.5 meters (4 feet 11 inches), and has sticky, hairy foliage. Its leaves have an egg-shaped to rounded leaf blade that is 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long and up to 60 mm (2.4 in) wide, attached to a petiole up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long. The edges of the leaves are toothed, and the leaf base is heart-shaped. Flowers are arranged in racemes or thyrses up to 250 mm (9.8 in) long, growing on a peduncle up to 3 mm (0.12 in) long with leaf-like bracts at the base of the inflorescence. Each individual flower sits on a pedicel up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long, with linear bracteoles up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The sepals are lance-shaped and up to 6 mm (0.24 in) long, while the petals are yellow, white or purple and up to 23 mm (0.91 in) long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, with wings approximately 3 mm (0.12 in) wide. Flowering occurs across most months of the year, with peak flowering from May to November. The fruit produced is an oval capsule 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) long. This Goodenia species grows in rocky hill habitats, and is distributed in Western Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and eastern New South Wales.
