Appearance
The plant is usually a fast-growing groundcover, though upright shrubby forms also exist. As a shrub it grows to about 2 m high. "Goodenia ovata" has glossy green ovate shaped leaves, and yellow flowers. It flowers for most of the year, but especially from October till March."Goodenia ovata" is a shrub that can reach 2 m high, with either an upright or spreading habit. The leaves are oval and slightly sticky, measuring 3–8 cm in length by 1–4 cm across. They have serrated margins and sit on 3 cm long petioles.
Distribution
"Goodenia ovata" grows on medium-nutrient clay soils derived from shale, as well as siltstone and sandstone, in areas of good drainage in a partly-shaded location in moist eucalypt forests alongside "Themeda australis" and under such trees as turpentine or blackbutt, or in open forest under swamp oak, forest red gum, thin-leaved stringybark, or woollybutt.
Habitat
"Goodenia ovata" grows on medium-nutrient clay soils derived from shale, as well as siltstone and sandstone, in areas of good drainage in a partly-shaded location in moist eucalypt forests alongside "Themeda australis" and under such trees as turpentine or blackbutt, or in open forest under swamp oak, forest red gum, thin-leaved stringybark, or woollybutt.The flowers are pollinated by insects, including native bees, honeybees, and hoverflies.The Meadow Argus butterfly is uses "Goodenia" spp. as a host plant.
"Goodenia ovata" shrubs are killed by bushfire and regenerate from seed afterwards.
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