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Hop Goodenia

Wurundjeri name unknown

Goodenia ovata

Hop Goodenia is a small to medium sized shrub that grows from 1 to 2.5 metres tall. It has green, slightly serrated leaves and yellow flowers from September to February.

It is possible that the Wurundjeri-woiwurrung used this plant as a sedative.

It grows in damp soil, even growing through periods of waterlogging. It grows in full sun to full shade.

Green Spaces

Here are some spaces around Melbourne we've found this plant!

Acknowledgement of Country

The University of Melbourne and the sites listed on this website are located on unceded land belonging to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin nation, and we pay our respects to the traditional custodians of the land. As students of the University of Melbourne, we benefit from the continued effects of colonisation. We also recognise that decolonisation is a necessary and active process all must participate in, and we hope that the Native Garden Project can highlight ways that our communities have and can contribute to the physical decolonisation of the land. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land.

An Arts Discovery Research Project

By Charlie Bamford, Finn B, Thomas Delany, Oskar Lelia, Lee North-Connor and Flynn Slater

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