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Hibbertia suffrutescens

Hibbertia suffrutescens is a small wiry shrub from the Northern Kimberley of Western Australia, growing up to about 30 cm with yellow flowers. It is a wild native of seasonally dry woodland and is not a common garden plant, so care is based on its sandy, well-drained habitat.

Family
Dilleniaceae (Dilleni family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry between waterings, as it is adapted to a seasonally dry climate.
Soil
Sandy, free-draining soil or a gritty mix.
Temperature
Warm tropical conditions; protect from frost.
Native range
N. Western Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Hibbertia suffrutescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with wiry branches, narrowly lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers arranged singly along the branches, with 30 to 36 stamens arranged in groups around two densely scaly carpels.

Where it grows

This hibbertia grows in sandy soil and in sandstone crevices in woodland in the Northern Kimberley region of northern Western Australia.

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 suffrutescens 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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