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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

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Hakea amplexicaulis R.Br.
Prickly Hakea

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:184 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, slender, lignotuberous shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. white/cream-pink, Aug to Oct. Clay, loam, gravel, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 65-200 mm long, 20-65 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, white or pink; pedicels 6-14 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 8-14.5 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 30-35 mm long, 12-15 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 26-30 mm long (including wing), 9-11 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal or apical, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Leeuwin-Naturaliste, WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Dardanup, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Kalamunda, Manjimup, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona, York.