Hibbertia intermedia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a small shrublet with linear to narrow oblong leaves and yellow flowers usually with seven to nine stamens arranged in a single cluster.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Dilleniales |
| Family: | Dilleniaceae |
| Genus: | Hibbertia |
| Species: | H. intermedia
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Description
editHibbertia intermedia is a shrublet with wiry, prostrate to low-lying branches and that typically grows to a height of up to 15 cm (5.9 in). The leaves are linear to narrow oblong, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–0.7 mm (0.0079–0.0276 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branches on a stalk 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long with one or two linear to triangular bracts 1.8–2.8 mm (0.071–0.110 in) long at the base. The sepals are joined at the base, the outer lobes 4.5–5.1 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long the inner lobes slightly shorter. The petals are yellow, broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, up to 6.8 mm (0.27 in) long with two lobes. There are seven to nine stamens in a single cluster on one side of the two hairy carpels, each carpel with two to four ovules. Flowering occurs from November to March.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editThis species was described in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Pleurandra intermedia in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale.[4][5] In 2012 Hellmut R. Toelken changed the name to Hibbertia intermedia in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[3][6]
Distribution and habitat
editHibbertia intermedia usually grows on west slopes in heath, scub or woodland on the Central Tablelands and Central Coast of New South Wales.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hibbertia intermedia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Hibbertia intermedia ". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Toelken, Hellmut R.; Miller, Robert T. (2012). "Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 8. Seven new species, a new combination and four new subspecies from subgen. Hemistemma, mainly from the central coast of New South Wales" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 25 (1): 74–76. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ "Pleurandra intermedia". APNI. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin P. (1817). Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale. Paris. p. 420. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
- ^ "Hibbertia intermedia". APNI. Retrieved 3 July 2021.