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Hakea verrucosa F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. 5:25-26 (1865)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, spreading, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.8-3 m high. Fl. red/pink & white, May to Aug. Gravelly lateritic soils, rocky sand over sandstone, ironstone or granite. Rocky hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 September 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 15-60 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, pink; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 6-9 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 15-22 mm long, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles 22-35 mm long, 14-18 mm wide; seed 13-22 mm long (including wing), the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in May, June, July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.