Hibbertia cistiflora subsp. cistiflora N.A.Wakef. APNI* Description: Ascending shrub to 100 cm high, stems stout.
Leaves linear, 5–10 mm long, c. 1 mm wide, apex mucronate and without a tuft of hairs, margins revolute, lamina scabrous with small tubercles, otherwise glabrous.
Flowers terminal. Sepals c. 5 mm long, glabrous. Petals 7–8 mm long. Stamens c. 6, on 1 side of carpels. Carpels 2, glabrous.
Flowering: spring.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread in heath on sandstones, chiefly in the Sydney district and Blue Mtns, also from Braidwood to Nerriga.
NSW subdivisions: CC, NT, CT
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