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Blue Mountains Guinea Flower
Hibbertia bracteata
Hibbertia bracteata is a species of perennial shrub, in the family Dilleniaceae, that is endemic to the Sydney and Blue Mountains region in Australia. It has small yellow five-petalled flowers. Each flower sits on a ring of brown bracts. Flowering occurs from late winter to summer. This plant may reach one metre in height, the habitat is heath and woodland.
From the article Hibbertia bracteata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Hibbertia bracteata is an erect, openly-branched shrub with glabrous branches that typically grows to a height of up to 100 cm (39 in). The leaves are lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to oblong, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) wide with a small point on the end. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets and are sessile. Each flower sits on a ring of brown bracts. The sepals are 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) long and densely silky-hairy, the petals yellow and about 10 mm (0.39 in) long. There are about sixteen stamens arranged on one side of the two silky-hairy carpels. Flowering occurs from late winter to summer.
Range & habitat
Hibbertia bracteata is widespread in heath and forest in the Sydney district and in the Blue Mountains.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 703647.