#dilleniaceae

'Rough with short hard points' - trying to wade through thickets of this would certainly be exasperating. First described in 1845 by German physician and grass expert Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel as Candollea exasperata.

Another Western Wheatbelt endemic Guinea-flower, growing into an erect or straggling shrub up to about 60 cm tall on low ridges and sandplains.

'Somewhat hairy.'

Formerly H. huegelii  var. subvillosa.

Found in the Wheatbelt from about level with Perth, and north to Geraldton. Unlike its former sister taxon Hibbertia striata, this Guinea-flower reseeds after fire or other disturbances - striata resprouts.

AKA H. rupicola.

Named for George Hibbert (1757–1837), a prominent British merchant, politician and slaver, for his patronage of botany. Glaucophylla means 'With blue-green or blue-gray leaves, or with a bloom'.

Widespread and common across the western wheatbelt.

The specific epithet glomerosa means "abounding in balls of yarn", referring to the groups of fuzzy flowers.

A Guinea-flower first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham as Candolleana glomerosa, in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by Englist naturalist Augustus Oldfield, who collected extensively in coastal WA, the Nullarbor Plain, and Tasmania.

Widespread in the Western Wheatbelt, in shrubland, heath and mallee. 

Initially named as Candollea cuneiformis in 1806 by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, and subsequently placed in Hibbertia by English botanist James Edward Smith in 1811. The genus takes its name from George Hibbert (1757 - 1837), an English merchant and amateur botanist.

A SW endemic shrub up to 2m tall, growing in coastal dunes and swampy areas from Perth south to Esperance. The large flowers appear from January to March and June to November. Grown in shrubberies, containers & coastal gardens, where it tolerates a wde range of soils and conditions including full shade. It was growing in heavy shade here, that’s for sure.

A very young example of what becomes a small shrub, but already flowering enthusiastically. Most common northern of Perth, but also found in other parts of the SW.

One with large flowers, large pink flowerbuds and oval leaves.

One with oval leaves and large flowers with lobed tips.