Hakea erecta

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Hakea erecta
Hakea erecta growing near Wongan Hills
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. erecta
Binomial name
Hakea erecta
Lamont[1]
Occurrence data from AVH

Hakea erecta is a shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a dense rounded shrub with linear twisted leaves and up to 24 pink or white fragrant flowers appearing in leaf axils in spring.

Hakea erecta fruit

Description

Hakea erecta is a rounded non

style is 6.5–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to October. The oblong to egg-shaped fruit has a smooth surface except for a few tubercles, ending with a small pointed beak.[2][3][4][5]

Taxonomy and naming

This hakea was first formally described in 1987 by

Byron Lamont from a specimen collected near Pingrup and the description was published in the Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.[6] The specific epithet (erecta) is a Latin word meaning "upright",[7] referring to the more or less erect stems, leaves and fruit.[4]

Distribution and habitat

It is

Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in scrubland and low woodland on deep sandy soils often around laterite.[8]

Conservation status

Hakea erecta is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[8]

Use in horticulture

Hakea erecta is a frost-tolerant, long-flowering, mid-sized shrub with attractive scented blooms. It is an adaptable species, forming into dense thickets providing a good wildlife habitat and low windbreak.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Hakea erecta". APC. Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
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  3. ^
    ISBN 1-877069-14-0
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  4. ^ a b "Hakea erecta". State herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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  6. ^ "Hakea erecta". APNI. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  7. ^ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 307.
  8. ^
    Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions
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