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Hakea linearis R.Br.

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:183 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub or tree, 0.6-4 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jan to May or Oct to Dec. Grey, brown or black sand, sandy clay. Seasonally-wet flats, granite rocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.6-4 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 25-90 mm long, 2-11 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle or more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, entire or shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 2.5-4 mm long. Perianth 5-7 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 8-10 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 15-25 mm long, 7-10 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 12-15 mm long (including wing), 6-8 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, apical. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cranbrook, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, West Arthur.