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Hakea hookeriana Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:412 (1856)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub or tree, 1.2-5 m high. Fl. red-brown, Sep to Dec. Quartzite soils. Among rocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 35-130 mm long, 7-16(-25) mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long. Perianth 3-5 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 5-7 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 45-55 mm long, 27-33 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 5-5.5 mm long (including wing), 2.7-3.3 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ravensthorpe.