Hibbertia subvaginata facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Hibbertia subvaginata |
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Hibbertia
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subvaginata
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Candollea subvaginata Steud. |
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Hibbertia subvaginata is a small shrub that is endemic to Western Australia.
Description
Hibbertia subvaginata is an erect shrub, which is occasionally a spreading straggling shrub, which grows to heights from 0.15 to 1.2 meters. Its yellow flowers may be seen from July to December.
Distribution and habitat
Hibbertia subvaginata is found in the IBRA Regions of the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, the Geraldton Sandplains, the Jarrah Forest, the Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren. It grows on sand, granite, laterite, on sandplains, sand dunes, floodplains, and outcrops.
Taxonomy
This plant was first described and named by Steudel in 1845 as Candollea subvaginata, and was allocated to the genus, Hibbertia, by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1880. The specific epithet, subvaginata, derives from the Latin, sub-, ("somewhat" or "not completely") and vaginata ("sheathed") to give a Botanical Latin compound adjective meaning "somewhat sheathed", which describes the plant's flowers. (See image).
