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Hakea bucculenta C.A.Gardner
Red Pokers

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 22:123 (1936)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1.2-4.5 m high. Fl. red, Aug to Sep. Loamy or clayey sand. Sandplains, flats, roadsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-4.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 90-190(-200) mm long, 1-3 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 17-22 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 17-25 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 15-20 mm long (including wing), 7-10 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR), Yalgoo (YAL), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills, Perth, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Northampton, Shark Bay.