Grass Leaved Hakea, Cork Tree, Emu Tree

Member - John and Val — Mon, 26 May 2014 09:34:00 GMT

A striking sight when in full flower. Shrub of sandy plains and dunes. Grows to about 5m tall. Leaves elongated up to about 20cm long with 5 or 6 distinct veins. Flower spikes deep pink. Woody seed capsules with bulging end.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: francisiana Main Flower Colour: Pink

Grass-leaf hakea

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:21:00 GMT

Erect shrub or small tree, 2.5–8 m tall, non-sprouting. Branchlets patchily appressed-pubescent to ±glabrous at flowering. Leaves flat, linear, 8–26 cm long, 3–16 mm wide, finely striate, acute, bluntly mucronate, sparsely pubescent to glabrous; veins 5–13 between prominent marginal veins. Inflorescence with 150–500 flowers; rachis 5–9 cm long, basally tomentose, otherwise glabrous; pedicels glabrous. Perianth pale to deep pink or red to orange-red, sometimes brownish, glabrous. Pistil 16.5–23.5 mm long, coloured as perianth or paler, sometimes cream; gland a thick semi-annular collar. Fruit 1–12 on enlarged rachis, subsessile or stalked, woody, ±obliquely ovate-elliptic, 1.4–2.6 cm long, 1–1.4 cm wide, prominently beaked, shortly apiculate, not keeled on ventral suture. Seed obliquely obovate-rhombic, 10–22 mm long, 5.5–9 mm wide; wing extending down one side of body only, sometimes laciniate apically, black to blackish brown.
Family: Proteaceae Genus: Hakea Species: francisiana Main Flower Colour: Red

Proteaceae Hakea francisiana Wildflowers

Grass Leaved Hakea, Cork Tree, Emu Tree

Grass-leaf hakea