[1] It is the only endemic Goodenia species to New Zealand, as Goodenia radicans is also indigenous to Australia and is known from South America.

[2] A small prostrate herb that has flowers with petals arranged in a half-circle.

[3] Grows exclusively on dunes in the Manawatu coast.

[3] Goodenia heenanii was named after the New Zealand botanist Peter Heenan (b.

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