Appearance
''Goodenia paniculata'' is a herbaceous plant which reaches 50 cm in height. Its leaves appear near the base of the plant and are obovate to oblanceolate in shape with serrated margins, and measure 1.4 to 10 cm long, and 0.6–1 cm wide. Appearing from October to April, the flowers rise above the base on an 8 cm high bare stalk.Naming
This plant was collected by David Burton in Sydney in the eighteenth century. It first appeared in scientific literature in the ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London'' in 1794, published by the eminent English botanist, James Edward Smith. Karel Domin described ''Goodenia rosulata'' from Queensland in 1929, which has since been regarded as synonymous with this species.Habitat
The habitat is freshwater wetland or swampy habitat on clay, silty or sandy soils, and it has been known to grow in soils with pH as low as 2.5. The plant community it grows in is heath or woodland, dominated by such trees as thin-leaved stringybark , broad-leaved red ironbark , forest red gum , woollybutt and white feather honeymyrtle , and shrubs such as prickly-leaved paperbark , Deane's paperbark , and tantoon.Reproduction
The flowers are pollinated by insects.References:
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