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Hakea neospathulata I.M.Turner

Reference
Ann.Bot.Fenn. 51:307 (2014)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, (20-)30-50(-65) mm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 3-6 mm long. Perianth 1.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 3.5-7.5 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 18-30 mm long, 13-20 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 14-23 mm long (including wing), 14-16 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Irwin, Kalamunda, Moora, Mundaring, Northam, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Victoria Plains, York.