Scientific Name: Hibbertia rufa

Common Name: brown guineaflower

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Dilleniaceae

Threatened Species Status: Rare

Permit: It is an offence to collect, disturb, damage or destroy this species unless under permit.

Form Description: Small, woody shrub with procumbent or trailing habit.

Flowers: Yellow, solitary flowers to 1.5 cm across on reddish brown wiry stems.

Fruit: Seed follicles

Municipality
Break O’DayBrighton
Plant Communities
Riparian
Habitat Notes

Only occurs in a single collection from eastern Tasmania.

Site Tolerance

Moist

Soil Tolerance

Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Susceptible to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Seed collection is difficult and time consuming. Seeds shed very quickly after maturity and only a few viable seeds are produced which often are predated by insects.

Seed Treatment Method

Smoke Smoke treatment improves germination in some species. Smokey products, e.g. smokey vermiculite, can be purchased and applied to the sown seed, or sown seeds can be treated directly with smoke from a source such as a drum with a fire and hose.

Seed Storage Life

1-2 years

Seed Treatment Notes

Difficult to germinate from seed; germination rate may be improved slightly by smoke treatment.

Germination Time

1-3 months

Cutting & Division Information

Propagate from cuttings.