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Hakea meisneriana Kippist

Reference
Meisn., Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:114 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open shrub, 1.5-3 m high. Fl. cream/pink, Sep to Nov. Sand, loam, gravel, laterite. Sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 60-150 mm long, 1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or cream; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long. Perianth 3-4.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-8 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 15-19 mm long, 6-12 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 8-11 mm long (including wing), 3-4 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Tammin, Three Springs, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.