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Hakea lorea (R.Br.) R.Br. subsp. lorea

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

Multi-stemmed, small tree or shrub, to 9 m high, thick, corky, deep fissured, grey bark. Fl. green-cream-white-yellow-orange, May to Oct. Red sandy to clayey soils, sandstone, granite, basalt, laterite schist. Plains or in ranges, along drainage lines, claypans, stony sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Merredin, Mount Eliza, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Cue, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna, Yalgoo.