Hibbertia wheelerae

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Family Dilleniaceae

Taxonomy: Hibbertia wheelerae K.R.Thiele

Synonyms: none listed in the APC 2026-07-30

Distribution (APC): WA

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (13), SPRAT_2025_2 (8). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 25 records in 3 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): follicle (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 15 mm (10-20 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4 mm (2-6 mm) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): linear (1); narrowly_ovate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin_posture (categorical): flat (1); revolute (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_arrangement (categorical): scattered (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): shrub (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: ABRS_2022; SPRAT_2025_2]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: ABRS_2022]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
storage_organ (categorical): no_storage_organ (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: SPRAT_2025_2]

seed morphology

seed_shape (categorical): globoid (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.5 m (0.4-0.6 m) [sources: ABRS_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
ABRS_2023	10	13	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
SPRAT_2025_2	8	8	F. D. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment, and Water. Species Profile and Threats Database. 2025. url: https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/sprat.pl.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.