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Hibbertia gracilipes is a small, erect, multi-stemmed shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing 15 to 60 cm tall with yellow flowers from March to December. It is best grown in full sun with excellent drainage, as in its native rocky hillsides and sandplains.
Hibbertia gracilipes is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in). It blooms between March and December producing yellow flowers. First formally described in 1863 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis, the specific epithet (gracilipes) means "thin foot", referring to the peduncles.
This species is found in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia where it grows on rocky hillsides and sandplains.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibbertia gracilipes 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.
