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Hakea denticulata R.Br.

Reference
Suppl.Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holl. 28 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-branched shrub, (0.4-)1-2.2 m high. Fl. purple-red/green-brown, Jul to Oct. Sand over laterite, clay loam, limestone, sandstone.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 20-45 mm long, 10-25 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, entire or shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 4-5 mm long. Perianth 8.5-11.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 10-13 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 23-28 mm long, 10-12 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 1.8-2.2 mm long (including wing), 7-8 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.