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Hakea cristata R.Br.
Snail Hakea

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 28 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed, lignotuberous shrub, 1-2.5(-3.5) m high. Fl. white/white-cream, Jun to Aug. Granitic or lateritic soils.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-3 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, (45-)54-80 mm long, (20-)25-55 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 7-9 mm long. Perianth 2-4 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 7-8 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 35-48 mm long, 23-30 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 30-34 mm long (including wing), 14-16 mm wide, the wing continuous or discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in May, June, July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chittering, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Swan.