Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Hakea bakeriana

Flower cluster and leaves. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Munmorah State Conservation Area, north of The Entrance

Flower cluster and nut. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Munmorah State Conservation Area, north of The Entrance

Common name

 A hakea

Family

Proteaceae

Where found

Dry forest. Coast and ranges north from Thirlmere.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high. Leaf tips sharp. Young stems sparsely hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, mostly 5–7 cm long, 1–1.5 mm in diameter, cylindrical, more or less hairless; mucro 0.7-1 mm long. Flowers with 4 pink to crimson 'petals' 10–15 mm long, remaining fused and splitting on the upper side only, hairless. Gynoecium about 40 mm long. Unit clusters of 6–12 flowers, often several clusters close together. Flowering: late autumn to winter. 'Nuts' approximately oval, 50–70 mm long, 30–40 mm wide, wrinkled, rough but without distinct warts, shortly beaked. Seeds with one wing.

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hakea~bakeriana   (accessed 8 April 2021)