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Hibbertia banksii

Hibbertia banksii is a woolly-leaved, 1 to 2 m shrub with leathery leaves and yellow flowers, native to northern Queensland and southern New Guinea. It is best suited to moist, sunny to lightly shaded spots, as it grows naturally along swamp and river edges.

Family
Dilleniaceae (Dilleni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist, especially in the growing season, and do not let it dry out completely.
Soil
Moist, well-drained loam or sandy soil, slightly acidic to neutral.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Papua New Guinea to N. Queensland
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Hibbertia banksii is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is native to Queensland and New Guinea. It is a shrub with thick, leathery leaves and yellow flowers with about twenty to forty-eight stamens arranged on one side of the two carpels.

Where it grows

This hibbertia grows on the edge of swamps and river banks on the Cape York Peninsula as far south as the Daintree River in far north Queensland and in southern New Guinea.

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 banksii 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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