Goodenia ovata Sm.

Erect, ascending to prostrate shrub to 2 m tall, viscid, often varnished. Leaves ovate to elliptic, dentate; lamina 3-8 cm long, 1-4 cm wide; petiole to 3 cm long. Flowers in thyrses or racemes mostly to 35 cm long; bracts leaf-like; peduncle to 3 cm long; bracteoles linear, to 6 mm long; pedicel to 8 mm long, articulate. Sepals linear to lanceolate, 3-11 mm long. Corolla 10-19 mm long, pubescent inside, with enations, auriculate; abaxial lobes 5-7 mm long; wings to 2.5 mm wide. Indusium depressed-obovate. Ovules to 40. Fruit cylindrical, 8-12 mm long; valves entire. Seeds elliptic, c. 2 mm long, pale brown to whitish, aculeate.

Forests, near cliffs, river banks, streams etc. Occurs in forest and woodland, and sometimes in exposed rocky situations near the sea. Usually found in heavier soils.

Can be grown by seedlings.