Hibbertia pedunculata

Location & distribution maps

Common name:         Stalked Guinea-flower

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

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

• The specific epithet (pedunculata) means having a stalk to the flowers

Flowers:                  

• The five sepals are joined at the base, the two outer sepal lobes 1.8–2.6 mm wide and the inner lobes 2.8–3.3 mm wide

• The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, yellow, up to 10 mm long 

• There are 15 to 20 stamens arranged in groups around the three hairy carpels, each carpel with four ovules

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

• The leaves are linear, 3–6 mm long and 0.5 mm wide and sessile

• The leaves are hairy and the edges turn downwards

• The flowers are arranged singly on a peduncle 5–15 mm long

Stem & branches: 

• Wiry, hairy young branches

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A diffuse, prostrate or erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 20–60 cm 

Habitat:   

• Open forest

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to NSW and is widespread in eastern NSW 

• Records from Victoria are now referable to other species

Additional notes:   

• Taxonomy

  • Hibbertia pedunculata was first formally described in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale from an unpublished description by Robert Brown

• Use in horticulture

  • This hibbertia is frequently grown in gardens and is hardy in a range of situations. It is easily grown from cuttings or possibly by layering

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibbertia_pedunculata (2024)