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Peninsula Guinea Flower

Hibbertia paeninsularis

Peninsula Guinea Flower
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Peninsula guinea-flower is a small, low, hairy-stemmed shrub from south-eastern South Australia, growing up to about 25 cm with yellow flowers in spring. It grows in forest and woodland, often in damp spots, and is sometimes found in cleared ground.

Family
Dilleniaceae (Dilleni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly during dry spells; it prefers moist soil but dislikes waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil, slightly acidic to neutral.
Temperature
5–30 °C; hardy to light frost
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Hibbertia paeninsularis, commonly known as peninsula guinea-flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to south-eastern South Australia. It is a small, low shrub with few branches, linear to lance-shaped leaves and yellow flowers with six to eight stamens joined at the base on one side of two carpels.

Where it grows

Peninsula guinea-flower grows in forest and woodland often in wet places, and is sometimes common in cleared areas. It is found on southern parts of the Eyre Peninsula and on central Kangaroo Island.

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 paeninsularis 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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