Hibbertia truncata
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|genus = Hibbertia
|species = truncata
|authority = Toelken{{cite web|title=Hibbertia truncata|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/171291|publisher=Australian Plant Census|access-date=7 December 2021}}
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Hibbertia truncata, commonly known as Port Campbell guinea-flower,{{cite book |title=Wild Plants of Victoria (database)|year=2009 |publisher=Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying shrub with hairy foliage, broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with ten to twelve stamens joined in a single cluster on one side of two hairy carpels.
Description
Hibbertia truncata is a prostrate to low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of up to {{cvt|40|cm}} and has hairy foliage. Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly {{cvt|3.5–16|mm}} long and {{cvt|2–12|mm}} wide on a petiole {{cvt|0.4–1.2|mm}} long. The flowers are mostly arranged singly on the end of side branches on a peduncle {{cvt|3–16|mm}} long with a linear bract {{cvt|1.3–1.5|mm}} long at the base. The five sepal are {{cvt|3.6–5.5|mm}} long and joined at the base. The petals are yellow, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, {{cvt|6.0–10.6|mm}} long with ten to twelve stamens fused at the base on one side of two carpels, each carpel with five or six ovules. Flowering occurs from September to November.{{cite journal |last1=Toelken |first1=Hellmut R. |title=Notes on Hibbertia (Dilleniaceae) 2. The H. aspera - empetrifolia complex |journal=Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens |date=1998 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=155–157 |url=https://data.environment.sa.gov.au/Content/Publications/JABG18P107_Toelken.pdf |access-date=4 September 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Messina |first1=Andre |last2=Stajsic |first2=Val |title=Hibbertia truncata |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/b5d129c2-43ee-4e42-836c-2cf24634955f |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=7 December 2021}}
Taxonomy
Hibbertia truncata was first formally described in 1998 by Hellmut R. Toelken in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.{{cite web|title=Hibbertia truncata|url= http://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/570757 |publisher=APNI|access-date=7 December 2021}} The specific epithet (truncata) means "truncated" and refers to the leaf tips.
Distribution and habitat
This hibbertia usually grows in coastal heath on limestone in a few places between Peterborough and Port Campbell in Victoria, and is locally common.
See also
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Category:Flora of Victoria (state)