Hakea pedunculata
Hakea pedunculata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Subfamily: | Grevilleoideae |
Genus: | Hakea |
Species: | H. pedunculata |
Binomial name | |
Hakea pedunculata F.Muell. | |
Hakea pedunculata is a shrub or small tree of the genus Hakea native to an area in the Far North region of Queensland.[1]
The shrub or small tree is often gnarled and typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3 ft 3 in to 16 ft 5 in). It has finely fissured dark colored bark and flat,\ leaves that are narrowly to broadly obovate in shape and grow to a length of 5 to 10 centimetres (2 to 4 in) and a width of 8 to 20 millimetres (0.31 to 0.79 in).
Inflorescence appear from April to August with about 40 flowers per inflorescence which have a greenish white to cream-white colour. Fruit appear later and are obliquely ovate or elliptic in shape and 2 to 3 cm (0.79 to 1.18 in) long and 1 to 1.2 cm (0.39 to 0.47 in) wide.
References
- ↑ "Hakea pedunculata factsheet". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
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