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Hakea ferruginea Sweet

Reference
Fl.Australas. Pl. 45 (1828)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, rounded, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-4.5 m high. Fl. white/cream, Jul to Nov. Grey or pink/brown sand, rocky loam, clay.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-4.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 15-75(-85) mm long, 10-30 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or cream; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 5-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-10 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 20-31 mm long, 11-18 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 14-18 mm long (including wing), 6-7 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin.