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Hakea petiolaris Meisn. subsp. petiolaris

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Lignotuberous shrub, ca 2 m high. Fl. pink & cream, Jun. Loam, granite. Outcrops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Trees or Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 40-90 mm long, 12-40(-60) mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, pink; pedicels 7-9 mm long. Perianth 7-8 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 14-18 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 30-36 mm long, 18-19 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 14-22 mm long (including wing), 9-10 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in May, June or July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Boddington, Cuballing, Goomalling, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Pingelly, Victoria Plains, Wandering, York.