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Hibbertia pilosa

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Hibbertia pilosa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. pilosa
Binomial name
Hibbertia pilosa
Habit in Kings Park, Perth

Hibbertia pilosa, commonly known as hairy guinea flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect or sprawling shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) and has leaves with long, soft hairs. The flowers are yellow with one or two densely hairy carpels from September to December.[2][3] The species was first formally described in 1845 by Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (pilosa) means "pilose", referring to the leaves.[6]

Hairy guinea flower grows on rocky slope, grantie outcrops and hills in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hibbertia pilosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Hibbertia pilosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ Wheeler, Judith R. (1984). "Taxonomic notes on some Western Australian species of Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae)". Nuytsia. 5 (1): 39. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Hibbertia pilosa". APNI. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  5. ^ von Steudel, Ernst G. (1845). Lehmann, Johann G.C. (ed.). Plantae Preissianae. Hamburg. p. 272. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 277. ISBN 9780958034180.