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Hakea scoparia Meisn. subsp. scoparia

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

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub or tree (open), to 3 m high, leaves deeply but openly grooved between angles. Fl. white-cream-pink-orange, May to Sep. Yellow sand, sandy loams, gravel, laterite, granite. Breakaways, hills, outcrops, sandplains, road verges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 1 November 1999
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 100-285 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, cream or pink; pedicels 3-5 mm long. Perianth 6-8 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 10-13 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 17-25 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 10-15 mm long (including wing), 5-6 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in May, June, July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Brookton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Northam, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.