Erect Guinea-flower

Erect Guinea-flower
Erect Guinea-flower
Erect Guinea-flower
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Hibbertia riparia


Rounded open or spreading erect shrub. Stems and leaves covered in downy hairs. Narrow stiff dull grey-green leaves with edges strongly rolled under almost to the midrib. Conspicuous pale to bright yellow flowers to 22 mm wide, usually with no stalk.


Details
Flora Type
Shrubs
Former Scientific Name
Hibbertia stricta
Distinctive Features

Yellow stamens (5-12) on one side of the hairy ovary in the centre of the flower.

Biology

Perennial. Moist well-drained soils in dry habitats.

Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Sep-Dec

Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Dilleniales
Family
Dilleniaceae
Genus
Hovea
Species
linearis

After George Hibbert (1757-1837) a London merchant and patron of botany. Food plant for caterpillars.


Interesting Facts
Similar Species

Very variable species.

Native Status
Native