Outcrop guinea-flower facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Outcrop guinea-flower |
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| subspecies recondita in flower at Mount Elizabeth |
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Hibbertia
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hermanniifolia
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Hibbertia hermanniifolia, commonly known as outcrop guinea-flower, is a shrub that is native to eastern Australia. It grows to 150 cm high and has spathulate, cuneate or oblanceolate leaves between 5 and 30 mm long. Yellow flowers with five petals appear from spring to early autumn.
The species was formally described in 1817 by Swiss botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. There are two recognised subspecies:
- H. hermanniifolia DC. subsp. hermanniifolia (New South Wales)
- H. hermanniifolia subsp. recondita Toelken (New South Wales and Victoria, type: Mount Elizabeth No 2, Victoria)
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