Furze hakea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. repullulans
Binomial name
Hakea repullulans
H.M. Lee[1]
Occurrence data from AVH

Hakea repullulans, commonly known as the furze hakea,[2] is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae found in Victoria and South Australia.

Description

Hakea repullulans is an erect shrub growing 1.2–4 m (4–10 ft) tall. It resprouts from a lignotuber often suckering from horizontal roots. The branchlets are densely covered with short, soft, matted hairs and become smooth at flowering. The leaves can be narrowly egg-shaped to long and narrow and twisted at the base 4–14 cm (2–6 in) long and 3–12 mm (0.1–0.5 in) wide with generally 3-5 prominent longitudinal veins above and below. Each inflorescence has 10–36 cream-white flowers appearing in the leaf axils. Flowering occurs mostly in spring and the fruit is obliquely egg-shaped, slightly curved towards apex, 1.5–2.6 cm (0.6–1 in) long, 0.8–1.3 cm (0.3–0.5 in) wide, and tapering to a small beak.[3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea repullulans was first formally described in 1984 by H.M. Lee and the description was published in the Australian Journal of Botany. It is named from the Latin repullulans for sprouting again, with reference to the lignotuberous resprouting and suckering habit of this species.[3][5]

Distribution and habitat

Furze hakea occurs from south-eastern South Australia to the Grampians National Park and western regions of Victoria and east to the Otway Ranges also near Sale in South Gippsland. This species grows in acidic sandy soil in sclerophyll forests and scattered populations in mallee-heath.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Hakea repullulans". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Holliday, Ivan (2005). Hakeas a Field and Garden Guide. Reed New Holland. ISBN 1-877069-14-0.
  3. 1 2 3 "Hakea repullulans". Flora of South Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  4. ↑ Stajsic, Val. "Hakea repullulans". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "Hakea repullulans". APNI. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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