Showy Guinea Flower

Hibbertia linearis is an erect or diffuse shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–2.0 m (1 ft 8 in – 6 ft 7 in) and has glabrous stems. The leaves are variable in shape from linear to oblong, or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, mostly 8–30 mm (0.31–1.18 in) long, 1–5 mm (0.039–0.197 in) wide and sessile. The flowers are arranged on the ends of the stems or in leaf axils, and are either sessile or on a peduncle 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long. The sepals are 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long and usually glabrous, the petals yellow and 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long. There are 15 to 25 stamens arranged around the three glabrous carpels. Flowering mainly occurs in spring and summer.

Hibbertia linearis grows in heath and forest on the coast and tablelands of Queensland and New South Wales as far south as the Victorian border.

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