About Hibbertia linearis R.Br. ex DC.
Hibbertia linearis R.Br. ex DC. is an erect or spreading shrub that typically reaches a height of 0.5 to 2.0 meters (1 foot 8 inches to 6 feet 7 inches), and has hairless stems. Its leaves vary in shape, ranging from linear to oblong, or egg-shaped with the narrower end at the base. Most leaves are 8 to 30 millimeters (0.31 to 1.18 inches) long, 1 to 5 millimeters (0.039 to 0.197 inches) wide, and stalkless. Flowers grow at the tips of stems or in leaf axils, and are either stalkless or borne on a flower stalk 2 to 3 millimeters (0.079 to 0.118 inches) long. The sepals are 5 to 6 millimeters (0.20 to 0.24 inches) long and usually hairless, the petals are yellow and 8 to 10 millimeters (0.31 to 0.39 inches) long. Between 15 and 25 stamens are arranged around the three hairless carpels. Flowering occurs mainly in spring and summer. This species grows in heath and forest on the coast and tablelands of Queensland and New South Wales, extending south to the Victorian border.
