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Hakea gilbertii Meisn.

Reference
Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:115 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, densely branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. white-cream/red-pink, Aug to Sep. White or grey/yellow sand, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.6-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 20-90 mm long, 1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or pink; pedicels 3-4.5 mm long. Perianth 4.5-7 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 7-9 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 11-16 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 9-10.5 mm long (including wing), 4.5-5 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), 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, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Boddington, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Moora, Narrogin, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, York.