Hibbertia empetrifolia

Botanical Name:  Hibbertia empetrifolia
Common Name: scrambling guineaflower
Family:  Dilleniaceae

Size:  2m H x 2m W
Leaves: Sessile (little or no stalks), elliptic with blunt apex, prominent midrib. 5mm wide to 10mm long.
Flowers: Flowers emerge fromwhere leaf joins stem (axillary). Solitary or 2 – 4 together at end of short lateral branches.  Five, bright yellow, deeply notched petals. 8mm wide, 10mm long.
Flowering Time: Spring
Fruit: 2 celled follicle.

Habitat/distribution: Most common in sandy heathlands near Tas east coast, but occurs in sites with altitudes to 700m. Also in Vic, SA, NSW
Where to See: NearMusselroe Bay, St Helens, south to mountains behind Huonville.
Other notes: Scrambles or trails over other plants or up base of tree trunks; attractive display when in flower.  Easily confused with H. appressa, distinguished by hair length on leaves, and H. appressa has hairs lying flat against the sepals (under the petals).