Shrub: Silky Golden Tip (Goodia pubescens)

A light, open small shrub with clover like foliage on hairy brown/red stems.

Particularly found in forest, rare and endangered in Victoria, but, abundant in some Kinglake locations. A great garden plant and habitat for indigenous wildlife. Not to be confused with weedy Broom which also has yellow flowers - see below for how to distinguish the two.

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Image credits: Image 1 - John Stewart KLG | Image 2 - John Stewart KLG

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	Features Light open small shrub 1-3m with clover like foliage on hairy brown/red stems. Particularly found in forest and once a subspecies of Golden Tip/Clover Tree (Goodia lotifolia), but now its own species. So, it shares many characteristics but has hairier and softer stems and smaller flowers. Rare and endangered in Victoria, but, abundant in some Kinglake locations e.g. Wombelano Falls – Kinglake National Park and the Bollygum Park Playground & Reserve. September to November bright yellow flowers often with red/brown splotch in showy loose racemes. Pods flat, oblong 25mm or longer.
	Habitat Attracts butterflies and insect & seed eating birds. Food source for bees and other pollinators.
	Uses Garden plant and habitat for indigenous wildlife. Soil improvement - adds beneficial nitrogen to the soil. Hedge or screen.
	Propagation From scarified seed, stem, suckering, or root cuttings.
	Notes Silky Golden Tip is sometimes confused with weedy Broom species Montpellier Broom (Genista monspessulana), which is a weed and should be removed. How to tell the difference: Weedy Broom has a ridged, usually woodier, stem. They also have a different arrangement of the trifoliate leaf (leaf divided into three leaflets). On Golden Tips the three leaflets are of equal size, whereas on Montpellier Broom the middle leaf is usually larger. Golden Tips have pea shaped flowers which are yellow with a red tinge to their base, not just yellow like weedy Broom. The newer stems and branches of Golden Tips are red to red/brown, not green like weedy Broom. This is weedy Montpellier Broom: This is Silky Golden Tip:

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