About Goodenia varia R.Br.
Goodenia varia R.Br. is an ascending to prostrate shrub that usually grows up to 1.0 metre (3 feet 3 inches) tall, and is typically sticky when young. Its leaves are arranged along the stems, with shapes ranging from elliptic to more or less round. Most leaves have toothed edges, and measure 20–40 mm long and 10–20 mm wide, borne on a petiole that can reach up to 5 mm in length. Its flowers are arranged in racemes or thyrses up to 150 mm long, produced on a peduncle up to 10 mm long. The inflorescence bears leaf-like bracts and 1 mm long triangular bracteoles, with each individual flower sitting on a pedicel up to 3 mm long. The sepals are linear and 2–3.5 mm long, while the corolla is yellow and measures 8–18 mm long. The lower lobes of the corolla are 5–8 mm long, with wings approximately 1.5 mm wide. Flowering occurs in most months of the year, and the fruit produced is a cylindrical capsule 8–10 mm long. This species, commonly called sticky goodenia, grows in Triodia grassland, woodland, mallee, and coastal plant communities. Its range extends from Eucla in Western Australia eastwards to south-eastern South Australia, north-western Victoria, and far south-western New South Wales.
