Stems prostrate to ascending, not rooting at nodes. Leaves linear to orbicular, 1–12 cm long, 5–20 mm wide, lower surface greenish, sparsely pubescent to glabrescent, margins entire to lobed; petiole usually 3–10 mm long. Pedicels mostly 5–15 mm long; corolla 10–15 mm long. Seeds obscurely papillose, pale yellow. Flowers mainly Sep.–Dec.
VVP, VRiv, Gold, NIS, HSF, VAlp. Also Qld, NSW, ACT. Scattered across northern Victoria between Bendigo and Wodonga, usually in dryish box-ironbark open-forests and woodlands.
A population from the Warby Ranges with cottony hairs on the stems and leaves approaches subsp. alpestris, but has narrower leaves and stems that do not root at the nodes.
Source:
Jeanes, J.A. (1999). Goodeniaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 4, Cornaceae to Asteraceae, pp. 589–615. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
