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Home > Lists and Links > Nature in Australia > Alphabetical Wildflower Index > Wildflowers H-3
Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits
 
These pages will feature some of the wildflowers we have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified.  If you are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.
 
Information given for each species will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it was seen, and where it was photographed, and the areas it occurs in.  Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.
 
See some of these wildflowers in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.
Hibbertia - but which ones out of over a 100 species?  Hibbertia are known as Primrose, Buttercup, Guinea Flower, Snake Vine, Climbing Guinea Flower or Golden Guinea Vine.
Yellow, five petals semi split or indented at the petal tip.  Size of flowers and leaf shape varies with different species.
 
Hibbertia species can be seen throughout the South West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt, the Mid West and into the Goldfields, some in the Pilbara and Kimberley regions. 
 
 
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Hibbertia cuneiformis, Cutleaf Hibbertia
Yellow, five petals semi split, along stem. Fifteen to twenty-five stamens, groups in bunches of five. Larger than most Hibbertia species, with clusters of elongated pointed leaves with two lesser points near the tip. Shrubs can reach three metres in height. Some leaves can turn red. 

Seen January to March, and can flower almost any time of year.
Albany (above) and Karridale (at right), and found in coastal areas extending from Perth to Esperance

Hibbertia amplexicaulis (above four photos)
Yellow, five petals semi split, growing along stem. This species has larger flowers than other species being around four to five centimetres across.  Leaves are oval or triangular and leaf base is wrap around the stem (amplexicual), and may be straight edged or slightly wavy. 
Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and grows within a wide strip from the coast in the lower Great Southern Region, South West and Perth regions. 
 
At right, the sepals after the petals have dropped on Hibbertia are often mistaken for a flower.
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Hibbertia commutata

Yellow five petalled flowers of around 2.5 centimetres in diameter, with end of petal semi-split. Stamens are in three groups.  Hairy sepals as can be seen on buds, and some hairiness on these larger leaves. 

August September

Bridgetown, and common through the South West, Great Southern and Perth regions, and into adjacent areas of the Wheatbelt.   Also recorded from Ravensthorpe area. 
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Hibbertia diamesogenos

A small yellow Hibbertia flowers of five semi-split petals, with stamens curved in one direction, on a bush with elongated leaves which are slightly stippled in texture and terminate in a spine. 
October

Tonebridge (Boyup Brook) and occurs from north of Perth, through the South West and parts of the lower Great Southern regions, and further along the coastline near Esperance.    

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Hibbertia arcuata

Yellow, five slightly crinkled petals with a leave tip indent, and a ring of stamens with long anthers which turn outwards.  Foliage consists of narrow leaves, strongly recurved and terminating in a sharp spine.  An upright shrub which may grow to 1.3 metres.  Stems may appear reddish brown. 
August

Seen at Wilroy nature reserve and Tardun in the Greater Geraldton Council area, and Latham in the Perenjori Shire, in the Mid West region of Western Australia.  Found in scattered locations through the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt plus a few Goldfields locations, in an area bounded by Meekatharra and Wyalkatchem, Mullewa and Leonora. 

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Hibbertia eatoniae

Yellow, five petals semi split, with stamens all turned in the one direction. A low growing shrub reaching sixty centimetres in height.  Foliage consists of narrow leaves, curved towards the tip which terminates with a spine.    

August

Merredin, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, and found through the central eastern Wheatbelt and into the Goldfields near Coolgardie. 

See more Hibbertia species on the following pages