It is a prostrate to ascending, perennial herb with linear to elliptic or round leaves, and racemes of yellow flowers.

Goodenia hederacea is a prostrate or ascending, perennial herb with stems up to 80 cm (31 in) long.

[2][3][4] Goodenia hederacea was first formally described by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1794 in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.

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 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long and flowers from November to April.

[12][13][14] The stems of subspecies hederacea do not form roots at the nodes, the leaves have soft hairs when young, the petiole is 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long and flowering mainly occurs from August to March.