Scientific Name: Goodenia geniculata

Common Name: bent native-primrose

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Goodeniaceae

Threatened Species Status: Endangered

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Dwarf perennial herb.

Height (m): 0.1 – 0.2

Flowers: Solitary yellow flowers, 2.5 cm across on bent stalks.

Fruit: Woody capsule – opens by two bifid valves, obovoid, about 10 mm long. Seeds are yellow-brown, about 3.5 mm long, flat, elliptic and pointed, with a vestigial wing.

Municipality
Burnie
Plant Communities
No data available for this species
Habitat Notes

Rocky Cape and probably local elsewhere in the north-west of Tas.

Site Tolerance

Exposed, Moist, Rocky, Shady

Soil Tolerance

Loam, Sandy, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Can form large colonies by suckering.

Propagation Calendar

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Propagation Method
Impractical Propagation material is too difficult to collect or conditions for propagation or cultivation are too specialized.

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Difficult to grow from seed.

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate from cuttings or by division of layered stems.