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Hakea multilineata Meisn.
Grass Leaf Hakea

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:261-262 (1848)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Mixed (Native in Part of Range, Naturalised Elsewhere)
Name Status
Current

Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1.5-6 m high. Fl. pink, Jun to Sep. White or yellow sand, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 June 2003

Scientific Description

Trees, 1.5-6 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, (70-)95-235 mm long, 3.5-26 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, red or pink; pedicels 3-6 mm long. Perianth 5-7 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 15-18 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 15-26 mm long, 12-18 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 14-22 mm long (including wing), 7-12.5 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in June, July, August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), 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, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Brookton, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cuballing, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.