Scientific Name: Goodenia elongata

Common Name: lanky native-primrose

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Goodeniaceae

Form Description: Dwarf perennial herb.

Height (m): 0.05 – 0.5

Flowers: Solitary yellow flowers, to 2.5 cm across, on slender axillary stalks.

Fruit: Woody capsule

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonCentral HighlandsDerwent ValleyDorsetGeorge TownGlamorgan-Spring BayKingboroughLauncestonMeander ValleyNorthern MidlandsSorellSouthern MidlandsWest Tamar
Plant Communities
RainforestRiparianSedgeland and WetlandWet Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread and locally frequent in marshy places.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Nutrient-poor, Poorly-drained, Well-drained

General Notes

Plants can be rejuvenated by hard pruning after flowering. Frog habitat.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Difficult to grow from seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate from cuttings of firm new growth.