Английская Википедия:Hakea megalosperma
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Hakea megalosperma, commonly known as Lesueur hakea,[1] is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to a small area along the west coast in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with sweetly fragrant white or pink flowers, darkening as they age to red and thick egg-shaped bluish-green leaves.
Description
Hakea megalosperma is a low spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of Шаблон:Convert and up to Шаблон:Cvt wide and does not form a lignotuber. The leaves are bluish-green, egg-shaped or narrowly obovate, tapering to the base, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide with a rounded apex ending with a point Шаблон:Cvt long. The leaves have a mid-vein, smooth margin and end sometimes with a curling apex. The inflorescence consists of white-cream or pink strongly scented flowers, darkening to red as they age on smooth stem Шаблон:Cvt long. The smooth pedicels are Шаблон:Cvt long, perianth Шаблон:Cvt long and smooth, the pistil Шаблон:Cvt long. The large fruit are elliptical to egg-shaped Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide with darker small blister like protuberances on the surface and ending with two pointed horns Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from May to June.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea megalosperma was first formally described by Carl Meisner in 1855 and the description was published in Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany.[4][5] The specific epithet megalosperma is derived from the Greek "referring to the large seeds".[2]
Distribution and habitat
Lesueur hakea is a rare and endangered species growing on lateritic sand plains in low heathland from Jurien Bay to Mount Lesueur Western Australia.[3]
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