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Family: Dilleniaceae
Hibbertia acicularis

Citation: F. Muell., Pl. lndig. Col. Vic. 1:17 (1862).

Synonymy: Pleurandra acicularis Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. Sp. 2:6 (1806).

Common name: Prickly guinea-flower. (?Ill. Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 495.)

Description:
Erect or sprawling glabrous shrub to 30 cm high; leaves linear to linear-lanceolate, tapering to a pungent persistent mucro, with recurved margins such that only the broad midrib shows, scattered along the branches, 2-8 x up to 1 mm, glabrous.

Carpels 2, glabrous, usually with 4 ovules in each.

image of FSA1_Hibbertia_aci.jpg Hibbertia acicularis.
Image source: fig 200a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:    Qld; N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Sept.


SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

Taxonomic notes: This material agrees in all respects with material from the other States, except that the sepals lack the characteristic hooked simple hairs and the carpels are glabrous. It is thought unlikely that these characters suffice to justify describing a new species for the KI specimens.

Author: Not yet available


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