''Hibbertia devitata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and single yellow flowers arranged on the ends of branchlets, usually with six to eight

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s joined in a single group on one side of two

carpels Gynoecium (; ) is most commonly used as a collective term for the parts of a flower that produce ovules and ultimately develop into the fruit and seeds. The gynoecium is the innermost whorl of a flower; it consists of (one or more) ''pistils'' ...

Description

''Hibbertia devitata'' is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows up to high. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, long and wide on a petiole up to long. The flowers are usually

sessile Sessility, or sessile, may refer to: * Sessility (motility), organisms which are not able to move about * Sessility (botany), flowers or leaves that grow directly from the stem or peduncle of a plant * Sessility (medicine), tumors and polyps that ...

, arranged singly on the ends of branches or short side-shoots, with linear to lance-shaped

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

s long. The five

sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coined b ...

s are joined at the base, long, the two outer sepal lobes slightly longer but narrower than the inner lobes. The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, yellow and long. There are usually six to eight stamens fused at their bases, in a single group on one side of the two hairy carpels, each carpel with four to six

ovule In seed plants, the ovule is the structure that gives rise to and contains the female reproductive cells. It consists of three parts: the ''integument'', forming its outer layer, the ''nucellus'' (or remnant of the megasporangium), and the fe ...

s. Flowering mainly occurs from August to November.

Taxonomy

''Hibbertia devitata'' was first formally described in 2010 by Hellmut R. Toelken in the ''

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'' from specimens collected from

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by Eric Jackson in 1985. The

specific epithet In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...

(''devitata'') means "shunned", referring to the late description of this species.

Distribution and habitat

This hibbertia grows in dry scrub or open mallee woodland in central western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q17395233 devitata Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of South Australia Plants described in 2010 Taxa named by Hellmut R. Toelken

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