Hibbertia pedunculata

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

Hibbertia pedunculata, commonly known as stalked Guinea-flower, is a small shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia.[2] It may be near-prostrate or grow up to 30 cm tall and has narrow leaves that are 3 to 6 mm long and about 0.5 mm wide.[3] Yellow flowers appear from spring until autumn.[2][3]

The species was first formally described in 1817 by botanist Robert Brown in Augustin Pyramus de Candolle's Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale.[1] It occurs in open forest in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hibbertia pedunculata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. 1 2 Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hibbertia pedunculata". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
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