This native shrub is commonly known as grey guinea flower.
Hibbertia linearis var. obtusifolia 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. In the Australian Plant Census known as Hibbertia obtusifolia. Recorded at St Mary, Tiaro and Tinana Creek. More rigid than the normal form, more or less hairy, sometimes densely. Larger flowers with numerous stamens (Bentham, G. (30 May 1863), Flora Australiensis 1).
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 6 Fraser Coast localities: Boompa, St Mary, Teddington, Urangan, Walligan, Wondunna.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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