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Hakea hookeriana
Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hakea hookeriana, commonly known as the Barren Range hakea,[2] is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to Western Australia.
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Description
The erect open non-lignotuberous shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft). The branchlets can be either glabrous or hairy and ferruginous[3] The narrow obovate leaves are 7 to 13 centimetres (2.8 to 5.1 in) long and 10 to 25 millimetres (0.4 to 1.0 in) wide.[4]
It produces red brown[3] or white or cream-yellow flowers from September to January.[4] Each inflorescence is umbelliform containing five, seven or nine flowers with obscure rachis. After flowering, obliquely obovate shaped fruit that are 5 to 5.5 cm (2.0 to 2.2 in) long and 2.7 to 3.3 cm (1.1 to 1.3 in) wide are formed. Within the fruits are obovate shaped seeds with a wing down a single side.[4]
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Taxonomy and naming
H. hookeriana was first formally described by Carl Meissner in 1856 as part of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle's work Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.[5] The species is named for William Jackson Hooker.[4]
Distribution and habitat
Hakea hookeriana is found in an area in the western part of Fitzgerald River National Park along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia where it is found among rocks and rocky outcrops on cliffs and gullies growing in quartzite soils.[3] It is often part of scrubland communities including Banksia heliantha.[4]
References
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