Clover-leaved Poison

Goodia lotifolia is a sometimes tall shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 4 m (13 ft). Its leaves are trifoliate with egg-shaped leaflets, the narrower end towards the base, or elliptic, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 6–30 mm (0.24–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) long. The flowers are yellow with red or brown markings, arranged in racemes 40–120 mm (1.6–4.7 in) long, each flower 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long on a pedicel 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long. The sepals are 3.5–7 mm (0.14–0.28 in) long and joined at the base, the lower three sepal lobes about as long as the sepal tube. Flowering occurs from September to November and the fruit is an egg-shaped to oblong pod 16–38 mm (0.63–1.50 in) long.

Golden tip grows in sheltered valleys, in forest or on the margins of rainforest and occurs from south-eastern Queensland, through eastern New South Wales, the south-eastern half of Victoria and in Tasmania where it is common.

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