Hibbertia grossulariifolia

Hibbertia grossulariifolia is a prostrate shrub species that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It spreads up to 1.2 metres in diameter and has yellow flowers which appear between August and December in the species' native range.[1]

Hibbertia grossulariifolia
Hibbertia grossulariifolia
near Mammoth Cave
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. grossulariifolia
Binomial name
Hibbertia grossulariifolia
(Salisb.) Salisb..

The species, initially named as Burtonia grossulariaefolia, was first formally described in 1807 by English botanist Richard Salisbury in The Paradisus Londinensis. It was subsequently placed by him in the genus Hibbertia.[2]

References

  1. "Hibbertia grossulariifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. "Hibbertia grossulariifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
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