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Hibbertia avonensis

Hibbertia avonensis
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0

Hibbertia avonensis is a small shrub in the Dilleniaceae family, native to the south-west of Western Australia, where it grows in heath and shrubland on sandy soils. It is grown in gardens for its bright yellow flowers, and it suits sunny, well-drained sites.

Family
Dilleniaceae (Dilleni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let it rely on rainfall and water sparingly in dry spells.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or sandy-loam soil; avoid heavy clay.
Temperature
Tolerates a Mediterranean-type range of roughly 5–35 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Hibbertia avonensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with narrow oblong leaves and bright yellow flowers arranged singly in leaf axils with about ten stamens fused at their bases on one side of the two carpels.

Where it grows

This hibbertia grows in heath, shrubland, usually in sandy soil, mostly in the Avon Wheatbelt.

Other Hibbertia plants

Bandalup Buttercup · Hibbertia acaulothrix · Needle Leaved Guinea Flower · Prickly Guinea Flower · Hibbertia acrotrichion · Pointed Hibbertia · Hibbertia alopecota · Hibbertia ambita · Hibbertia amplexicaulis · Hibbertia ancistrophylla · Hibbertia ancistrotricha · Hibbertia andrewsiana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibbertia avonensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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