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Hibbertia tenuifolia, narrow-leaved guinea flower, is a small spreading shrublet native to heath, woodland and forest in south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, with yellow flowers from October to December. It is known from only a few old collections, so it is rarely cultivated and growing it is largely a matter of mimicking its native conditions.
Hibbertia tenuifolia, commonly known as narrow-leaved guinea flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a small, spreading shrublet with hairy foliage, linear leaves and yellow flowers with twelve to sixteen stamens on one side of two carpels.
This hibbertia grows in heath, woodland and forest in south-eastern Queensland and the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales, but is only known from three old collection.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hibbertia tenuifolia 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.
