Scientific Name: Hibbertia salicifolia

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  • Pronunciation:
    hee-BERT-ee-ah sal-iss-ee-FOAL-ee-ah
  • Common Name:
    half guineas, Willow Guinea Flower
  • Derivation:
    Hibbrertia: George Hibbert (d. 1838) London merchant and patron of botany, maintained a private botanic garden at Chelsea. salicifolia: L. salix - the willow (willow-like leaves)
  • Type:
    shrub trailing , sometimes erect
  • Family:
    DILLENIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    yellow, summer
  • Fruit:
    3 carpels, sparsely hairy, splitting at tip.
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Heath
  • Species List:
    Fraser Island, Batianoff 87, Girraween Marcus Dunes Noosa River NP BHNR
Associated Fauna

Known food plant of Ground Parrots.

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type)