Hibbertia hirta

Hibbertia hirta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Dilleniales
Family:	Dilleniaceae
Genus:	Hibbertia
Species:	H. hirta
Binomial name
	Hibbertia hirta; Toelken

Last updated December 27, 2023

Hibbertia hirta is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the Budawang Range in New South Wales. It is a shrub with hairy foliage, narrow elliptic to narrow lance-shaped leaves, and yellow flowers with eleven or twelve stamens arranged in a cluster on one side of the two carpels.

Description

Hibbertia hirta is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in) with hairy foliage. The leaves are narrow elliptic to narrow lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 7–14 mm (0.28–0.55 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide with the edges rolled under. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of the branchlets on a peduncle 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, with linear bracts 4.2–6.3 mm (0.17–0.25 in) long. The five sepals are joined at the base, the two outer sepal lobes 6–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in) long and the inner lobes slightly shorter. The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, yellow, 4.1–5.6 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long. There are eleven or twelve stamens arranged in a single cluster on one side of the two carpels, each carpel with two ovules.^[2]^[3]

Taxonomy

Hibbertia hirta was first formally described in 1998 by Hellmut R. Toelken in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens from specimens collected in 1971.^[2]^[4] The specific epithet (hirta) means "hairy", referring to the fine spreading hairs on most of the plant.^[2]^[5]

Distribution and habitat

This hibbertia grows in association with sandstone or conglomerate in the Budawang Range, Morton National Park.^[2]^[3]

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References

↑ "Hibbertia hirta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
1 2 3 4 Toelken, Hellmut R. (2010). "Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 2. The H. aspera - empetrifolia complex" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 18 (2): 144–145. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
1 2 "Hibbertia hirta". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
↑ "Hibbertia hirta". APNI. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] "Hibbertia hirta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[JABG-2] 1 2 3 4 Toelken, Hellmut R. (2010). "Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 2. The H. aspera - empetrifolia complex" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 18 (2): 144–145. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[RBGS-3] 1 2 "Hibbertia hirta". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

[APNI-4] "Hibbertia hirta". APNI. Retrieved 26 June 2021.

[Sharr-5] Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780958034180.

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