Английская Википедия:Hakea lehmanniana

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Hakea lehmanniana, commonly known as the blue hakea,[1] is a shrub in the family Proteacea. It has needle-shaped prickly leaves and blue flowers during winter months. It is endemic to an area in the southern Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia.

Description

Hakea lehmanniana is a prickly, dense shrub typically growing to a height of Шаблон:Convert and does not form a lignotuber. It blooms from June to August and produces attractive purple-blue fading to blue or white flowers in dense clusters in upper leaf axils. The leaves are glabrous, terete, Шаблон:Convert long by Шаблон:Convert thick and ending in a sharp point at the apex. The fruit are 3 dimensional, Шаблон:Convert long by Шаблон:Convert wide with a very rough prickly surface a unique feature which identifies this species.[2][3]

Distribution and habitat

Blue hakea grows from Pingelly ranging south to Albany and east to Ravensthorpe. Grows in heath or shrubland on gravelly-loam, sand or sand over laterite in sun or semi-shade. An adaptable species frost and drought tolerant and may be used as a ground cover and wildlife habitat.[2]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea lehmanniana was first formally described in 1845 by Swiss botanist Carl Meisner and the description was published in Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The species was named in honour of the German botanist, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann.[2]

Conservation status

Hakea lehmanniana is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government.[1]

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