Goodenia hederacea
Introduction Mount Skene'''''Goodenia hederacea''''', commonly known as '''forest goodenia''' or '''ivy goodenia''', is a species of flowering plant that is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a prostrate to ascending, perennial herb with linear to elliptic or round leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers.
Description ''Goodenia hederacea'' is a prostrate or ascending, perennial herb with stems up to  long. The leaves are linear to elliptic or round,  long and  wide on a petiole up to  long. The flowers are arranged in racemes up to  long on a pedicel up to  long with linear bracteoles  long. The sepals are linear to lance-shaped,  long, the corolla  long with cottony hairs on the back. The lower lobes of the corolla are  long with wings up to  wide. The fruit is an oval capsule  long.
Taxonomy ''Goodenia hederacea'' was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1794 in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London''.In 1912, Kurt Krause described the variety ''alpestris'' in Engler's journal ''Das Pflanzenreich'' and in 1990, Roger Charles Carolin raised the variety to subspecies status in the journal ''Telopea''. The name is accepted by the Australian Plant Census along with the autonym subsp. ''hederacea'':*''Goodenia hederacea'' subsp. ''alpestris'' (K.Krause) Carolin; *''Goodenia hederacea'' Sm. subsp. ''hederacea''. Subspecies ''alpestris'' has stems that form roots at the nodes and leaves that have cottony white hairs on the lower side, a petiole mostly  long and flowers from November to April. The stems of subspecies ''hederacea'' do not form roots at the nodes, the leaves have soft hairs when young, the petiole is  long and flowering mainly occurs from August to March.
Distribution and habitat Forest goodenia usually grows in forest on a variety of soils, from south-east Queensland to Victoria. Subspecies ''alpestris'' grows in subalpine grassland and woodland south from Kiandra in New South Wales to the higher parts of the eastern ranges of Victoria.
Conservation status ''Goodenia hederacea'' subsp. ''hederacea'' is classified as of "least concern" in Queensland by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, under the ''Nature Conservation Act 1992''.
Use in horticulture In cultivation, the species prefers a situation in part shade and with some moisture. It copes with a range of soil types and tolerates frost and snow.
References
External links *  Image of seed: ''Goodenia hederacea''. Australian Plant Image Index, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian National Herbarium.