Hibbertia orbicularis
species of flowering plant
Hibbertia oligocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to part of the Arnhem Land plateau in the Northern Territory. It is a shrublet with spreading branches, broadly elliptic to round leaves and yellow flowers with 35 to 40 stamens arranged in groups around two carpels.
Description
Hibbertia orbicularis is a shrublet that typically grows to a height of 30 cm (12 in) and has reddish, trailing or scrambling stems. The foliage is covered with bundled, rosette-like hairs. The leaves are broadly elliptic to round, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and 3–7.5 mm (0.12–0.30 in) wide on a petiole 0.2–1.5 mm (0.0079–0.0591 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a thread-like peduncle 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, with lance-shaped to egg-shaped bracts 1.3–1.8 mm (0.051–0.071 in) long at the base. The five sepals are joined at the base, the two outer sepal lobes 2.2–3.3 mm (0.087–0.130 in) long and the three inner lobes 3.1–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) long. The five petals are yellow and wedge- shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 3.3–4.1 mm (0.13–0.16 in) long with two lobes at the tip. There are 35 to 40 stamens in bundles around the two carpels, each with two ovules. Flowering occurs from January to June.
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