Hibbertia scandens, sometimes known by the common names snake vine, climbing guinea flower and golden guinea vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is climber or scrambler with lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow flowers with more than thirty stamens arranged around between three and seven glabrous carpels.
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Hibbertia scandens belongs to the Hibbertia genus within the Dilleniaceae family. It performs reliably across temperate, subtropical zones in our experience. It is an Australian native we grow and specify regularly.
Cultivation
Care sheet.
Locally indigenous habitat planting for Sandstone Slopes Forest and Woodland, Sydney Turpentine-Ironbark Forest conditions.
Companions
Species we plant alongside Hibbertia scandens.
Further reading
- 01Hibbertia scandens taxon photograph — Atlas of Living Australia image service
- 02Native Plants of the Inner West - page 2 — Inner West Council