- Reference
- J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 13:105 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, open, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. cream-white, Sep to Nov. Stony soils , sandy soils, clay. Lateritic breakaways, flats, hills, sandplains.
Scientific Description
Genus if known Hakea. Habit and stems (habit) Shrubs. Height (including inflorescence) Height (including inflorescence) 1-3 m. Indumentum Presence hairy. Leaves Insertion alternate, Leaf cross-section (of leaf or leaf lobes) flat, Shape (flat, entire or toothed leaves only) clearly widest above the middle. Division Depth of division entire. Length (including petiole) Leaf length 25-110 mm. Width (undissected leaves only) Leaf width 4-32 mm. Indumentum (on mature leaf blade) Leaf indumentum presence glabrous. Inflorescences Inflorescence position axillary, Inflorescence overall colour white or brown. Length Pedicel length 5.5-7 mm. Perianth Perianth lobe number four. Length Perianth lobe length 9-12 mm. Indumentum Perianth indumentum hairy. Pistil and ovary pollen presenter shape oblique. Length Pistil length 13-15 mm. Presence Ovary indumentum glabrous, Style indumentum glabrous. Follicles Corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit- presence) absent. Length (not including remains of style) Fruit length 45-55 mm. Width mm wide 35-45 mm. Length seed (length, including wing): mm long 25-36 mm. Width seed (width, including wing): mm wide 20-26 mm. Wing continuity continuous. Flowering time September, October or November. Distribution Distribution by Botanical Province South-west (SW), Distribution by Bioregion Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, West Arthur, Wickepin.