Hakea pachyphylla
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| Hakea pachyphylla | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. pachyphylla |
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| Hakea pachyphylla | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
Hakea pachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to the upper Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. It is a small shrub with stiff, needle-shaped leaves and clusters of yellow flowers. Formerly thought to be a Blue Mountains form of Hakea propinqua.
Hakea pachyphylla is a non lignotuberous compact to spreading single stemmed shrub growing to 0.3–2 m (1–7 ft) high. The inflorescence consists of 1-7 yellow flowers that appear in axillary clusters in spring. The white main stalk is 0.5–1.2 mm (0.02–0.05 in) long densely covered with short matted hairs.[2] The small branches are ribbed and densely covered with soft mid-red matted hairs quickly becoming smooth or on occasion remain until flowering. The stiff needle-like leaves vary in length between 1–5.5 cm (0.4–2 in) long and 1.1–1.8 mm (0.04–0.07 in) wide with sparse flat hairs but quickly becoming smooth ending with a small point. Flowers occur from August to October followed by oval shaped fruit with small blunt wart-like protuberances 2.9–3.5 cm (1–1 in) long and 2.3–2.6 cm (0.9–1 in) wide with a short broad beak with obscure or no horns.[2][3]
