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Hakea lorea subsp. borealis W.R.Barker

Reference
Fl.Australia 17B:393 (1999)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree or shrub, to 5 m high. Red soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003

Scientific Description

Trees or Shrubs, 0 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 135-300 mm long, (0.9-)1-2(-2.5) mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or cream; pedicels 12-13 mm long. Perianth 8.5-11 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 24-30 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 40-60 mm long, 18-28 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent, 7-10 mm, 3-6 mm; seed 22-38 mm long (including wing), 0.8-1.7 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in February, March, April, May, June, July, August or September. Occurs in the Northern (N) Botanical Province(s), in the Northern Kimberley (NK) or Central Kimberley (CK) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley.