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Hibbertia nutans

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Nodding guinea flower
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Dilleniaceae
Genus: Hibbertia
Species:
H. nutans
Binomial name
Hibbertia nutans

Hibbertia nutans, commonly known as nodding guinea flower,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1.0 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) and flowers between August and October producing yellow flowers.[2] It was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected in 1843 by James Drummond in the Swan River Colony.[3][4] The specific epithet (nutans) means "nodding".[5]

Hibbertia nutans grows on rocky granite slopes and on granite rocks in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2][6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Hibbertia nutans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Hibbertia nutans". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Hibbertia nutans". APNI. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1863). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 40. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 262. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ Paczkowska, Grazyna (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 224. ISBN 0646401009.