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Hakea rigida Haegi

Reference
Fl.Australia 17B:395-396 (1999)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.6-2.7 m high. Fl. Sep to Oct. Sandy soils, yellow sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 4 September 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.6-2.7 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 35-140 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete or flat, entire. Inflorescences axillary, pink. Perianth 4-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 6.5-8 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 20-22 mm long, 10-12 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 11-12 mm long (including wing), 5-6 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± equally down both lateral sides. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Merredin, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Nungarin, Westonia, Yilgarn.