Hibbertia elata is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an open shrub with hairy stems, clustered, narrow linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers usually with fifteen to twenty-five stamens arranged around the three carpels.
| Hibbertia elata | |
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| In the Girraween National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Dilleniales |
| Family: | Dilleniaceae |
| Genus: | Hibbertia |
| Species: | H. elata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hibbertia elata | |
Description
editHibbertia elata is an open shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in), its stems usually hairy. The leaves are arranged in clusters along the stems, linear to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide. The flowers are arranged on the ends of short side shoots and are sessile, with five sepals about 8 mm (0.31 in) long. The five petals are yellow, about 10 mm (0.39 in) long and there are fifteen to twenty-five stamens arranged around three glabrous carpels. Flowering occurs from summer to autumn.[2]
Taxonomy
editHibbertia elata was first formally described in 1913 by Joseph Maiden and Ernst Betche in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from specimens collected near the New South Wales - Queensland border.[3][4] The specific epithet (elata) means "tall".[5]
Distribution and habitat
editThis hibbertia grows on rocky slopes between Mudgee and Merriwa in New South Wales and near Wallangarra in Queensland.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Hibbertia elata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Hibbertia elata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ "Hibbertia elata". APNI. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Maiden, Joseph H.; Betche, Ernst (1913). "Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney No. 18". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 38 (2): 242–243. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780958034180.