Hakea bucculenta | |
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In Kings Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Hakea |
Species: | H. bucculenta |
Binomial name | |
Hakea bucculenta | |
Occurrence data from AVH |
Hakea bucculenta, commonly known as red pokers, [2] is a large shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia. A spectacular ornamental shrub with red or orange flowers that appear in rod-like blooms in leaf axils for an extended period from May to November.
Hakea bucculenta is non-lignotuberous upright, rounded, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 4.5 metres (5 to 15 ft) but can reach as high as 7 m (23 ft). Smaller branches have irregular patches of flattened silky hairs becoming smooth at flowering. The leaves are a narrowly linear shape with a slight curve and 90 to 200 millimetres (4 to 8 in) long and 1 to 3 millimetres (0.039 to 0.118 in) wide. Each leaf has fine ribbing, conspicuous veins with an obvious mid-vein on both sides and ending with a sharp point. Each inflorescence is made up of 250 to 450 showy orange or bright red flowers in racemes up to 15 cm (6 in) long on a smooth stem 8.5–13.5 cm (3–5 in) long. Flowers appear from May to November, the main flush in spring. The pedicel is smooth and perianth a bright red. The style 18–21 mm (0.7–0.8 in) long. The woody fruit are egg-shaped 1.7–2.5 cm (0.7–1 in) long and 1–1.5 cm (0.4–0.6 in) wide. The grey smooth fruit appear in clusters of 3–16 on a long stem or attached directly onto the branch. Each fruit is divided into a thick body ending a blunt beak. The blackish or brown seeds are obliquely obovate with a length of 16 to 18 mm (0.63 to 0.71 in) and a width of 7 to 9 mm (0.28 to 0.35 in) with a single wing. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Hakea bucculenta was first formally described by the botanist Charles Austin Gardner in 1936 and published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. [1] The specific epithet (bucculenta) is derived from the Latin word bucculentus meaning "with full cheeks", [9] which refers to the shape of the fruit. [3]
Hakea bucculenta is endemic to coastal areas in the Gascoyne and Mid West regions between Shark Bay and Geraldton in Western Australia. Grows on coastal sand plain heath or mallee, roadsides verges in sandy, loam or clay-based soils. [10]
Hakea bucculenta is sensitive to dieback and thus difficult to keep alive in areas of high humidity. It can be successfully grafted onto Hakea salicifolia . It is most commonly propagated from seeds which germinate in about three to four weeks. Cuttings can also be used but usually have a low rate of success. It grows well in a sunny position out of the wind in well-drained soils and it will tolerate both drought and frost. [2] [6]
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Hakea drupacea, commonly known as sweet-scented hakea, is a tree or shrub which is native to south west Western Australia.
Hakea cygna, commonly known as the swan hakea, is usually a dense shrub endemic to Western Australia with creamy-white upright flowers appearing from July to August.
Hakea decurrens, commonly known as bushy needlewood, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae.
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Hakea cristata, commonly known as the snail hakea, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. An ornamental prickly shrub with attractive foliage and creamy white rounded flowers appearing in profusion in the winter months.
Hakea dohertyi, commonly known as the Kowmung hakea, is a shrub endemic to a restricted locale in the Great Dividing Range in central New South Wales in Australia.
Hakea aculeata, commonly known as the column hakea, is a vulnerable species of the family Proteaceae found in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. An unusual sculptural species with dense columns of prickly foliage and plentiful clusters of strongly scented blooms in spring.
Hakea trineura is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland. The branches and leaves are covered with rusty hairs and the pendulous flowers are greenish-yellow.
Hakea cucullata, commonly known as hood-leaved hakea, cup hakea or scallop hakea, is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an attractive shrub with distinctive foliage and beautiful large pink, red, or deep purple scented flowers.
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Hakea costata, commonly known as the ribbed hakea, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. A multi-stemmed small shrub producing attractive pink or white brush-like blooms rich in nectar from July to October.
Hakea aenigma, commonly known as the enigma hakea, is a critically endangered shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is one of two Hakea species totally reliant on suckering to reproduce therefore having "reached evolutionary dead-ends" as this method of reproduction greatly limits genetic variation. The entire population of this species may be of clonal colonies descended from a single individual.
Hakea divaricata, commonly known as needlewood, corkbark tree or fork-leaved corkwood, is a tree or shrub in the family Proteaceae native to an area in central Australia. A slow growing species with up to 120 showy cream to greenish-yellow flowers in long racemes from June to November.
Hakea cyclocarpa, commonly known as the ram's horn, wild bean or curved-fruit hakea is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. A strongly scented species with large creamy-white flowers with a red style and interesting fruit. Native to an area along the west coast and south west regions of Western Australia.
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 loranthifolia is a shrub of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has an open growth habit, stiff egg-shaped leaves with longitudinal veins, smooth grey bark and white flowers from July to September.
Hakea megalosperma, commonly known as Lesueur hakea, is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to a small area along the west coast in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with sweetly fragrant white or pink flowers, darkening as they age to red and thick egg-shaped bluish-green leaves.
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