Hibbertia hirsuta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. hirsuta
Binomial name
Hibbertia hirsuta

Hibbertia hirsuta is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a small, slender, prostrate shrub with sparsely hairy foliage, narrow elliptic leaves and small yellow flowers with a single petal, usually only a single stamen and two carpels.

Description

Hibbertia hirsuta is a slender, prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 15 cm (5.9 in) and has thin, wiry branches. The leaves are narrow elliptic, 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long and 0.9–1.3 mm (0.035–0.051 in) wide on a petiole up to 0.4 mm (0.016 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and on the ends of short side shoots, and are sessile. The three outer sepals are lance-shaped, 4.0–4.4 mm (0.16–0.17 in) long and the two inner sepals are elliptic and slightly shorter. There is only a single linear, yellow petal 3.2–3.7 mm (0.13–0.15 in) long shielding a single stamen, or rarely two. There are two carpels, each with two ovules.[2][3]

Taxonomy

This species was formally described in 1836 by William Jackson Hooker and was given the name Pleurandra hirsuta in the Companion to the Botanical Magazine from specimens collected by James Backhouse "near Hobart Town".[4][5] In 1963, George Bentham changed the name to Hibbertia hirsuta in Flora Australiensis.[6][7]

Distribution and habitat

Hibbertia hirsuta grows in grassland, woodland and heath, in northern Tasmania and south-eastern South Australia.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Hibbertia hirsuta". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  2. 1 2 Toelken, Hellmut R. (2014). "Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 10. Hibbertia hirsuta (subgen. Hemistemma: H. vestita group) does occur in South Australia and Tasmania" (PDF). 27 (5): 37–39. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. 1 2 Jordan, Greg. "Hibbertia hirsuta". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Pleurandra hirsuta". APNI. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ↑ Hooker, William J. (1836). "Contributions towards a Flora of van Diemen's Land". Companion to the Botanical Magazine. 1 (9): 273. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Hibbertia hirsuta". APNI. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  7. ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 26. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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