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Hibbertia salicifolia

Hibbertia salicifolia
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au

Hibbertia salicifolia is an erect, relatively large Australian shrub with reddish peeling bark and yellow flowers borne in spring and summer. It is native to coastal swamps and heath in eastern Australia and suits gardens with moist soil.

Family
Dilleniaceae (Dilleni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil moist, especially in the growing season, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, acidic, well-drained soil or sandy peaty mix.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Hibbertia salicifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with loose reddish bark, linear to oblong leaves and yellow flowers with the stamens arranged all around the carpels.

Where it grows

Hibbertia salicifolia grows in coastal swamps and heath from south-east Queensland to the Royal National Park in New South Wales.

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 salicifolia 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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