Hibbertia kaputarensis

Dilleniaceae > Hibbertia

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Dilleniales > Dilleniaceae >  Hibbertia  kaputarensis

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Plant  information

Common name:               . . .

Conservation status:   . . .

Etymology:   

• The name Hibbertia honours George Hibbert, a patron of botany and slave trader

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Flowers:         

• Arranged on short side shoots and are sessile

• The sepals are 6–10 mm long and densely hairy on the outside, apart from on the reddish edges

• The petals are yellow, 10–15 mm long

• There are 40 to more than100 stamens arranged in three groups around three glabrous carpels

• Flowering occurs from November to December

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• Lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base or more or less oblong

• 10–40 mm long, 2–7 mm wide 

• Mostly covered with greyish hairs

Stem & branches:    

• Typically grows to a height of 40–60 cm and has low-lying branches

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A shrub with low-lying branches, oblong to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers with forty to about one hundred stamens arranged around three carpels

Habitat:   

• Common in heath and woodland, growing in rocky soils 

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to the Mount Kaputar area of NSW

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • First formally described in 1990 by Barry Conn in the journal Muelleria from specimens collected near the entrance to Mount Kaputar National Park in 1976

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibbertia_kaputarensis (2023)