Hakea neurophylla

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Pink-flowered hakea
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Hakea neurophylla in Kings Park
Status DECF P4.svg
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. neurophylla
Binomial name
Hakea neurophylla
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Occurrence data from AVH

Hakea neurophylla, commonly known as the pink-flowered hakea, [2] is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to a small area near Dandaragan in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. [3]

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Description

An erect non-sprouting shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2 metres (1 to 7 ft). Racemes of fragrant blooms appear from July to August in profusion in white or pale pink-red along the branchlets in the leaf axils. Inflorescences are solitary with 12 to 18 scented flowers with glabrous pedicels. Blue-grey leaves are obovate to elliptic and sometimes undulate 5 to 11 centimetres (2 to 4 in) long and 16 to 43 millimetres (0.6 to 1.7 in) wide and narrowly cuneate at the base. Leaves have 3 prominent longitudinal veins on both sides ending in a blunt point. Large blackish-brown fruit are obliquely ovate, from 3 to 4 centimetres (1.2 to 1.6 in) long and 1.5 to 1.9 centimetres (0.6 to 0.7 in) wide, obscurely beaked, with a dorsal longitudinal ridge on each valve. [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea neurophylla was first formally described by Carl Meisner in 1855. [6] Named from the Greek word neuron - nerve and phyllon leaf, a reference to the prominent veins in the leaves. [5]

Distribution and habitat

Hakea neurophylla is a rare species restricted to the Mt Lesueur - Eneabba area north of Perth in heathland sand over laterite usually on ridge tops. [7] [5]

Conservation status

Hakea neurophylla is classified as Priority Four - Rare by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [3]

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References

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