Hibbertia stirlingii
Hibbertia stirlingii is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to far northern Queensland. It is a small shrub with linear leaves and yellow flowers arranged singly near the ends of branches, with ten to twelve stamens arranged in bundles around two densely scaly carpels. Description
Hibbertia stirlingii is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to  and has stiffly woody main stems and scaly foliage. The leaves are linear, mostly  long and  wide on a petiole  long. The flowers are arranged at the end of branches or in leaf axils, each flower on a thread-like peduncle  long, with linear to lance-shaped bracts at the base. The five sepals are joined at the base, the two outer sepal lobes  long and  wide, and the inner lobes  long and  wide. The five petals are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, yellow,  long and there are ten to twelve stamens arranged in groups around the two densely scaly carpels, each carpel with two ovules. Flowering occurs from January to June

Taxonomy
Hibbertia stirlingii was first formally described in 1936 by Cyril Tenison White in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland from specimens collected by James Stirling near Herberton in 1904. Distribution and habitat
This hibbertia grows on coarse, sandy soil in woodland or forest in far north Queensland. Conservation status
Hibbertia stirlingii is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992. See also
List of Hibbertia species

References

stirlingii
Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1936
Taxa named by Cyril Tenison White