Английская Википедия:Hakea auriculata

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Hakea auriculata is a reasonably common shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia. A very showy species in full bloom with creamy white, yellow, dark red or reddish purple fragrant flowers.

Description

Hakea auriculata is a lignotuberous compact upright shrub growing to Шаблон:Convert high. Smaller branches are either covered in long soft hairs or smooth. The hairless leaves are egg-shaped wider toward the apex Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. Leaves are toothed spaced Шаблон:Convert apart, 1-7 teeth each side, narrower and spinier toward the tip. Leaves may have a sparse covering of matted hairs or smooth. The inflorescence consist of 4-12 pink-cream flowers on a stem Шаблон:Convert long with either short or long soft hairs or smooth. Flowers appear in upper leaf axils from June to October. The greenish white or pink perianth is Шаблон:Convert long. The pistil is Шаблон:Convert long. Fruit are egg-shaped broader toward the stem and Шаблон:Convert long. The surface is rough with numerous curving spines ending with a small blunt beak. Seeds are Шаблон:Convert long with a broad wing on one side only.[1][2][3][4]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea auriculata was first formally described by botanist Carl Meissner in 1855 as part of the William Jackson Hooker work Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany.[5][6] The specific epithet (auriculata) is derived from the Latin word auricula meaning "lobe of the ear" or "little ear"[7] referring to the shape of the base of the leaf.[1]

Distribution and habitat

Hakea auriculata is endemic to areas along the west coast in the Wheatbelt and Mid West regions of Western Australia between Northampton and Gingin where it grows in sandy heaths and among stony hills and breakaways sometimes over laterite or granite.[2][8]

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