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Hakea pendens R.M.Barker

Reference
J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 13:100-101 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 2-3 m high, 2.5-3.1 m wide. Fl. pink-white, Sep. Stony loam. Ironstone ridges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 2-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, (20-)25-55 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, pink; pedicels 6.5-7.5 mm long. Perianth 7-8 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 14-15.5 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 25-31 mm long, 14-18 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 17 mm long (including wing), 6-8 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Dundas, Yilgarn.