Plants in the genus Hibbertia are usually shrubs, rarely climbers, and often form mats.

Their leaves are usually arranged alternately along the stems, usually sessile, clustered on short side-branches, and have smooth, rarely toothed or lobed edges.

There are five yellow, rarely orange, petals and the stamens are usually arranged in three to five groups, sometimes on only one side of the carpels.

[3][4][5] The genus Hibbertia was first formally described in 1800 by Henry Cranke Andrews in his book The Botanist's Repository for New, and Rare Plants and the first species he described was H. volubilis, now known as H.

[6][7][8] The name Hibbertia honours George Hibbert, a patron of botany and slave trader.