Hibbertia racemosa, commonly known as stalked guinea flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or ascending, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–75 cm (3.9–29.5 in) and produces yellow flowers between July and December.[2]

Stalked guinea flower
Hibbertia racemosa in Kenwick Wetlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. racemosa
Binomial name
Hibbertia racemosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Candollea racemosa Endl.
  • Hibbertia racemosa (Endl.) Gilg var. racemosa
  • Hibbertia triandra C.R.P.Andrews

This species was first formally described in 1837 by Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Candollea racemosa in the journal Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel from specimens collected near the Swan River at Fremantle.[3][4] In 1893, Ernest Friedrich Gilg changed the name to Hibbertia racemosa.[5] The specific epithet (racemosa) means "racemose".[6]

Hibbertia quadricolor grows on coastal dunes and plains in the Carnarvon, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Hibbertia racemosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Hibbertia racemosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Candollea racemosa". APNI. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  4. ^ Endlicher, Stephan (1837). "Dilleniaceae". Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel: 2–3. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  5. ^ "Hibbertia racemosa". APNI. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 291. ISBN 9780958034180.