Scientific Name: Goodenia ovata

Common Name: hop native-primrose

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Goodeniaceae

Form Description: Erect or spreading shrub or undershrub.

Height (m): 0.5 – 2

Flowers: Yellow

Fruit: Paper capsule – usually opens by 2 valves. Seeds flat, with a border or wing.

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Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Widespread and abundant on roadsides and in open forests. Also often found on wetter sites.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Moist, Shady, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Very useful for permanently wet soils.

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 propagate from seed. Sheds seed very quickly on maturity.

Cutting & Division Information

Easy to propagate from cuttings. 2 weeks with heat and mist.