Species

Hakea drupacea

Common Name(s)

fork-leaved hakea

Authority

Hakea drupacea (C.F.Gaertn.) Roem. & Schult.

Family

Proteaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Trees & Shrubs

Synonyms

Hakea suaveolens

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Features

Large rather erect shrub with variable leaves. Leaves can be either simple with 2-7 pinnae on the same plant. Up to 50 small white flowers in dense short racemes. Fruit up to 2 x 2.5 cm, pale brown, lumpy and with a short beak. Small winged black seeds.

Similar Taxa

The presence of at least some pinnately compound leaves makes H. drupacea quite distinctive.

Flowering

April, May, June, July, August

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1935

Origin

W. Australia

Reason For Introduction
Ornamental

Reproduction
Seed

Seed
Many winged seeds contained in each fruit. Fire probably required to get mass germination.

Dispersal
People, Wind, Gravity

This page last updated on 26 May 2015