Hibbertia helianthemoides

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Hibbertia helianthemoides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. helianthemoides
Binomial name
Hibbertia helianthemoides
Synonyms [1]
  • Candollea helianthemoidesTurcz.

Hibbertia helianthemoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying, spreading to erect, hairy shrub with hairy foliage, linear leaves and yellow flowers with thirteen stamens.

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Description

Hibbertia helianthemoides is a prostrate to low-lying, spreading to erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in), its foliage covered with soft, curled hairs. The leaves are densely clustered on short side-shoots, linear, 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long and 0.7–2 mm (0.028–0.079 in) wide with the edges turned down or rolled under. The flowers are usually arranged singly or in small groups on the ends of short side-shoots and are 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) in diameter. There are up to three inconspicuous, thin, egg-shaped to elliptic bracts 0.5–3 mm (0.020–0.118 in) long. The five sepals are joined at the base, 3–5.5 mm (0.12–0.22 in) long and 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) wide. The five petals are yellow, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and there are thirteen stamens in groups around the three glabrous carpels each with a single ovule. Flowering has been recorded from July to September. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1849 by Nikolai Turczaninow who gave it the name Candollea helianthemoides in the Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou from specimens collected by James Drummond. [4] [5] In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller changed the name to Hibbertia helianthemoides in Systematic Census of Australian Plants . [6] The specific epithet (helianthemoides) means " Helianthemum -like". [7]

Distribution and habitat

Hibbertia helianthemoides grows in woodland and shrubland from near Tenterden to the Stirling Ranges in the south-west of Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Hibbertia helianthemoides is classified as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, [3] meaning that is rare or near threatened. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Hibbertia helianthemoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 Wheeler, Judith R. (2002). "A revision of Hibbertia depressa and its allies (Dilleniaceae) from Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 15 (1): 135–136. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hibbertia helianthemoides". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  4. "Candollea helianthemoides". APNI. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. Turczaninow, Nikolai (1849). "Decas sexta generum plantarum hucusque non descriptorum adjectis descriptionibus specierum nonnullarum". Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou. 22 (3): 8. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. "Hibbertia helianthemoides". APNI. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 215. ISBN   9780958034180.
  8. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 21 June 2021.