This hibbertia grows in the northern part of the Northern Territory. Subspecies brachyblastis usually grows in rocky places in woodland in Kakadu National Park, subsp. filicaulis among boulders in scrub, woodland and forest on the western escarpment of the Arnhem Land Plateau, subsp. fractiflexa on rocky slopes and sandstone outcrops in woodland on the lower slopes of the western escarpment of the Arnhem Land Plateau and subsp. serotina on steep, rocky slopes in woodland in Litchfield National Park.
