It is a small, perennial herb with lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers.

Goodenia montana is a small perennial herb that typically grows to 15 cm (5.9 in) high and forms a rosette.

The yellow corolla is 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long, inner and outer surface covered with short, soft hairs.

[3][4][5][6][7] This species was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker who gave it the name Velleia montana in the London Journal of Botany.

[8][9] In 2020, Kelly Anne Shepherd transferred the species to Goodenia as G. montana in the journal PhytoKeys.