Scientific Name: Hibbertia vestita

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  • Pronunciation:
    hee-BERT-ee-ah ves-TEE-tar
  • Common Name:
    Small-leaved Guinea Flower, Hairy Guinea Flower
  • Derivation:
    Hibbrertia: George Hibbert (d. 1838) London merchant and patron of botany, maintained a private botanic garden at Chelsea. vestita: L. vestire - to clothe (with soft, fine hairs)
  • Type:
    Shrub Woody plant , small shrub
  • Family:
    DILLENIACEAE
  • Flowers:
    yellow, spring, summer
  • Fruit:
    Dehiscent at apex
  • Vegetation Type:
    Dry Eucalypt Forest,
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Emu Mt., NLTalks2010, Cooroibah Airstrip, Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Wooroi Day Use Area Tracks, NNP Parkedge/Alex, Cooroibah 26.4.09, Fraser Island, Cranks Creek, Batianoff 87, NNP Viewland/Brunjes, Noosa North Shore PS, TAFE, Girraween, Emu Swamp, NNP Coastal, Noosa River NP, BHNR, NNS,
Identification Notes

Flowers the size of a 10 cent piece

Associated Fauna

Known food plant of Ground Parrots.

Landscaping Notes

Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type). ||Spreading rockery plant for sunny well drained soils. Useful for protected seaside planting.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||