Hibbertia pedunculata
Stalked Guinea-flower
Stalked Guinea-flower
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Overview:
Hibbertia pedunculata, commonly known as stalked guinea-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae
It is a diffuse, prostrate or erect shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers borne on a relatively long peduncle, the flowers with fifteen to twenty stamens arranged around two hairy carpels.
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was first formally described in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale from an unpublished description by Robert Brown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
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