Primrose Goodenia - native (Goodenia blackiana)

Family: Goodeniaceae (Goodenia family).

Other names: Black's Goodenia.

Native.

A common bushland plant. It often grows on bare ground e.g. pathways.

Identification:

• it has a rosette of glossy, slightly toothed leaves.
• the yellow flowers are not symmetrical radially - the upper and lower petals are of different sizes.

Name. Goodenia: after Dr. Goodenough, who was vice-president of the Royal Society, and an authority on seaweeds and sedges.