Bright yellow flowers

Spreading or erect shrub to 1.5 m in heath or woodlands on sandy or poor soils. Showy Guinea Flower has narrow leaves which can vary from linear to obovate, with pointed or rounded tips. Bright yellow flowers in the leaf axils or at the ends of branches.

Photo: Robert Whyte

Possibly a related species

The photo above as well as this one may well be H. linearis var. obtusifolia a closely related species to H. linearis. Photographed spring 2007 in Mt Coot-tha Forest Park.

Photo: Robert Whyte