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Hakea lasiocarpha R.Br.

Reference
Suppl.Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holl. 27 (1830)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, to 6 m high. Fl. white, May to Jul. Sandy loam soils, organic litter over sand, clay or gravel. Hill tops, valleys.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-6 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 30-45 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, once divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 3-5 mm long. Perianth 8-9 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 20-24 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 20-23 mm long, 10 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 10-11 mm long (including wing), 5-6 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in May, June or July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Jerramungup, Plantagenet.