Hibbertia virgata

Erect to (rarely) decumbent shrubs to 1.5 m tall; branches glabrous to tomentose. Vestiture of forward-directed, straight, crisped or coiled simple hairs. Leaves linear to rarely oblanceolate, 4.6–24.3 mm long, 0.5–3.2 mm wide, glabrous to densely sericeous; apex acute and recurved, becoming rounded or rarely truncate; margins spreading; central vein usually not apparent beneath. Flowers sessile, terminal mainly on short shoots with at least 2 bracts 1.2–3.5 mm long, each with a sheath longer than its leaf-like apex; sepals 5.4–9.8 mm long, unequal, glabrous, rarely puberulous towards apex; petals obovate, 5.8–12.2 mm long, bright yellow; stamens 15–20 in groups around the ovary; filaments free; carpels 3, glabrous. Flowers Aug.–Dec.