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Hakea newbeyana R.M.Barker

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 13: 103-104 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading, rounded, rigid shrub, 1-4 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Oct. Sand, clay, gravel.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-4 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 20-65 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, yellow; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 4-4.5 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 25-35 mm long, 15-25 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 14-20 mm long (including wing), 8-12 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Corrigin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Yilgarn.