hibbertia

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From genus name, translingual Hibbertia; named in honour of plant collector and amateur botanist George Hibbert.

Noun

hibbertia (plural hibbertias)

1. (botany) Any of the typically yellow-flowered shrubs in the genus Hibbertia, family Dilleniaceae.
   • 1973, Patsy Adam Smith, The Barcoo Salute, Adelaide: Rigby, page 29:

     From November to February, the usually sombre olive green bush is a palette of pink heath, cream and mauve melaleuca, gold hibbertias, snug on the ground, pale blue iris, the swashbuckling scarlet and orange blandfordia lily, and Hewardia tasmanica, the mountain purple iris.