This native shrub is commonly known as guinea flower.
Hibbertia linearis var. linearis is described as a "dicot" in the Dilleniaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
This variety one of the three recognised in Queensland. Sepals all or the inner ones only obtuse, glabrous with thin margins (Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census but is not listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 3 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Poona, St Mary.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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