Hibbertia monogyna DC. APNI* 
Description: Erect shrub to 60 cm high, mostly glabrous.
Leaves linear-cuneate to spathulate, 5–12 mm long, 2.5–5 mm wide, folded longitudinally and ± recurved, mostly with some prominent teeth on truncate apex, base tapering, both surfaces generally glabrous.
Flowers terminal on short shoots, sessile. Sepals 4–6 mm long, glabrous. Petals 4–6 mm long. Stamens 10–12, surrounding carpel. Carpel solitary, glabrous.
Flowering: spring to autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Widespread on shallow soils on hillsides, in dry sclerophyll forest; Nowra district north to the Goonoo Forest.
NSW subdivisions: CC, SC, CT, ST, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Vic.
Text by G. J. Harden & J. Everett
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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