Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Acacia hakeoides
Common name
Hakea wattle, Western black wattle, Hakea-leaved wattle
Family
Fabaceae
Where found
Open forest, woodland, and shrubland. Ranges, tablelands, and the Western Slopes.
Notes
Shrub or tree 1-6 m tall. Fleshy seed stalks/arils. Bark smooth or finely fissured, often corrugated at the base. Branchlets angled at the tips, soon cylindrical, hairless. 'Leaves' alternating up the stems, 4.5-12 cm long, 3-12 mm wide, straight to slightly curved, surfaces green, hairless, midvein prominent, tips blunt, 1 or 2 marginal glands. Flower heads yellow, globular, 4-6 mm in diameter, 20-30 flowered (easiest seen in late buds), in elongated clusters of 6-12 flower heads. Pods more or less straight or twisted, usually more or less constricted so as to resemble a necklace of beads.
Family was Mimosaceae.
PlantNET description with line drawings, photos, and description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~hakeoides (accessed 27 April 2021)
World Wide Wattle line drawings, photos, and description: http://www.worldwidewattle.com/imagegallery/image.php?p=0&l=h&id=3359&o=1
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