Hibbertia aspera

Hibbertia aspera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Dilleniales
Family:	Dilleniaceae
Genus:	Hibbertia
Species:	H. aspera
Binomial name
	Hibbertia aspera; DC.

Hibbertia aspera, commonly known as rough Guinea flower, is a small shrub that is native to Australia. It grows to 60 cm high and has yellow flowers which appear in summer.^[1]

The species was first formally described in 1817 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale.^[2] There are two recognised subspecies:

H. aspera DC. subsp. aspera
H.aspera subsp. pilosifolia Toelken - described in 1998, the type specimen collected in the Atherton Tablelands

Hibbertia aspera occurs on sandy soils in open forest and heath in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.^[1]

References

1 2 "Hibbertia aspera". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
↑ "Hibbertia aspera". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 March 2011.

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[NSW-1] 1 2 "Hibbertia aspera". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2011.

[APNI-2] "Hibbertia aspera". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 March 2011.