Rough guinea flower | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Dilleniales |
Family: | Dilleniaceae |
Genus: | Hibbertia |
Species: | H. aspera |
Binomial name | |
Hibbertia aspera | |
Hibbertia aspera, commonly known as rough guinea flower, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an ascending or erect shrub with low-lying or scrambling branches, oblong to lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with four to six stamens in a single group, joined at the base.
Hibbertia aspera is an ascending or erect shrub up to 60 cm (24 in) high with low-lying or scrambling branches 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) long. The leaves are oblong to lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, 5–13 mm (0.20–0.51 in) long, 2–5.5 mm (0.079–0.217 in) long and sessile or on a petiole up to 0.8 mm (0.031 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly, sometimes in groups of two or three, on the ends of short side branches, on peduncles 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long with a linear bract 1.2–1.5 mm (0.047–0.059 in) long. The five sepals are oblong to egg-shaped, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, the inner lobes slightly longer than the outer ones. The petals are yellow, 3.4–5 mm (0.13–0.20 in) long and there are four to six stamens joined at their lower half, in a single group. There are two carpels each containing two ovules. Flowering mainly occurs from September to December. [2] [3] [4]
Hibbertia aspera was first formally described in 1817 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale [5] from specimens collected by George Caley. [6] The specific epithet (aspera) means "rough to the touch". [7]
In 1998, Hellmut R. Toelken described two subspecies in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens , and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant Census:
Rough guinea flower grows on sandy or gravelly soils in woodland, open forest and heath in Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. In New South Wales it mainly occurs in coastal areas and in Victoria is restricted to Gippsland. Subspecies pilosifolia does not occur in Victoria. [2] [4]
Hibbertia sericea, commonly known as silky guinea-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with softly-hairy branches, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with eight to fourteen stamens in a cluster on one side of two hairy carpels.
Hibbertia empetrifolia, commonly known as trailing guinea-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a low-lying to spreading shrub with wiry stems, oblong to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pale to bright yellow flowers arranged on the ends of branchlets, with five to nine stamens arranged on one side of the two carpels.
Hibbertia obtusifolia, commonly known as hoary guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is usually an erect shrub with spreading branches, lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with thirty or more stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels.
Hibbertia pedunculata, commonly known as stalked guinea-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. 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.
Hibbertia fasciculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small erect to spreading shrub with glabrous stems except on new growth, narrow linear leaves, and yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils, with eight to twelve stamens surrounding three carpels.
Hibbertia riparia, commonly known as erect guinea-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-eastern Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with hairy foliage, linear leaves and yellow flowers with six to sixteen stamens in a single cluster on one side of two carpels.
Hibbertia stricta is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a small, usually upright shrub with hairy foliage, linear leaves and yellow flowers with six or seven stamens arranged around two woolly-hairy carpels.
Hibbertia cistiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a small, erect to low-lying shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers usually with four or six stamens arranged in a single cluster.
Hibbertia hermanniifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with spatula-shaped to wedge-shaped leaves and yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils, with ten to fifteen stamens arranged around two hairy carpels.
Hibbertia serpyllifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a small, spreading to low-lying shrub with many stems, oblong leaves and single yellow flowers on the ends of branches, with twelve to twenty stamens in groups around three hairy carpels.
Hibbertia diffusa, commonly known as wedge guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying shrub with glabrous stems, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and bright yellow flowers arranged on the ends of branchlets, with twenty to twenty-five stamens arranged around two or three carpels.
Hibbertia calycina, commonly known as the lesser guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a small shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers with eight to eighteen stamens in a single cluster on one side of the two carpels.
Hibbertia cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the southern part of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is a densely-branched, hairy shrub with narrow elliptic to lance-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers arranged on the ends of branchlet, with nine to twelve stamens arranged in a group on one side of the two carpels.
Hibbertia cistifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying sub-shrub with trailing, wiry stems, hairy foliage, oblong to elliptic leaves and yellow flowers arranged in leaf axils, with forty to fifty-eight stamens arranged around the two carpels.
Hibbertia intermedia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a small shrublet with linear to narrow oblong leaves and yellow flowers usually with seven to nine stamens arranged in a single cluster.
Hibbertia lepidota is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect or trailing shrub with scaly foliage, mostly linear to elliptic leaves, and yellow flowers arranged singly or on small groups in leaf axils, with 15 to 24 stamens arranged in bundles around the two carpels.
Hibbertia oblongata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with scaly foliage, elliptic to oblong leaves, and yellow flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, with 16 to 36 stamens arranged in bundles around the two carpels.
Hibbertia procumbens, commonly known as spreading guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a prostrate, often mat-forming shrub with more or less glabrous stems, linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with eighteen to twenty-five stamens arranged in groups around usually four glabrous carpels.
Hibbertia tomentosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a small, spreading to low-lying shrub with its foliage covered with rosette-like hairs, and has linear leaves and yellow flowers arranged singly on the ends of short side branches, with fourteen to twenty stamens arranged in bundles around two densely scaly carpels.
Hibbertia virgata, commonly known as twiggy guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers with ten to twelve stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels.