Hibbertia pedunculata, commonly known as stalked guinea-flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a diffuse, prostrate or erect shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers borne on a relatively long peduncle, the flowers with fifteen to twenty stamens arranged around two hairy carpels.
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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. pedunculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hibbertia pedunculata | |
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Description edit
Hibbertia pedunculata is a diffuse, prostrate or erect shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 20–60 cm (7.9–23.6 in) and has wiry, hairy young branches. The leaves are linear, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide and sessile. The leaves are hairy and the edges turn downwards. The flowers are arranged singly on a peduncle 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The five sepals are joined at the base, the two outer sepal lobes 1.8–2.6 mm (0.071–0.102 in) wide and the inner lobes 2.8–3.3 mm (0.11–0.13 in) wide. The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, yellow, up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long and there are fifteen to twenty stamens arranged in groups around the three hairy carpels, each carpel with four ovules.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy edit
Hibbertia pedunculata was first formally described in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in his Regni Vegetabilis Systema Naturale from an unpublished description by Robert Brown.[6][7] The specific epithet (pedunculata) means "pedunculate".[8]
Distribution and habitat edit
Stalked guinea-flower is widespread in eastern New South Wales where it grows in open forest.[4] Records from Victoria are now referrable to other species.[9]
Use in horticulture edit
This hibbertia is frequently grown in gardens and is hardy in a range of situations. It is easily grown from cuttings or possibly by layering.[10][11]
References edit
- ^ a b "Hibbertia pedunculata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
- ^ Toelken, Hellmut R. (2013). "Notes on Hibbertia subg. Hemistemma (Dilleniaceae) 9. The eastern Australian H. vestita group, including H. pedunculata and H. serpyllifolia" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 26: 56–57. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Hibbertia pedunculata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Wood, Betty. "Hibbertia pedunculata". Lucid keys. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Hibbertia pedunculata". APNI. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin P. (1817). Regni Vegetabilis systema naturale. Paris. p. 430. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 273. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ^ "Hibbertia pedunculata". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ Wrigley, John. "Hibbertia pedunculata". Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Hibbertia pedunculata". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 15 August 2021.