Английская Википедия:Hakea loranthifolia

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Habit near York

Hakea loranthifolia is a shrub of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It has an open growth habit, stiff egg-shaped leaves with longitudinal veins, smooth grey bark and white flowers from July to September.

Description

Hakea loranthifolia is an upright, open shrub typically growing to a height of Шаблон:Convert. It is a sparingly branched shrub with smooth branchlets by flowering. The green leaves have an elliptic to egg-shape that is rarely undulate, Шаблон:Convert long and Шаблон:Convert wide. The leaves have one to three longitudinal veins on the top and three to five underneath, tapering at the base, smooth edges and gradually tapering at the apex. The inflorescence consists of 10-16 white flowers in a cluster of 1-3 per leaf axil. Flowering occurs from July to September. The pedicel are smooth, the perianth white and pistil Шаблон:Cvt long. The fruit are smooth, egg-shaped and taper to an upward curving beak, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

The species was first formally described by the botanist Carl Meissner in 1845 as part of Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's work Proteaceae. Plantae Preissianae.[3][4] The specific epithet means "Loranthus-leaved".[5]

Distribution

It is endemic to an area in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between Northam in the north down to Narrogin in the south. It is found in sandy gravelly soils often around laterite.[1] It is often found on and around breakaways and is a part of the understorey in open Eucalyptus wandoo and Eucalyptus accedens woodland communities.[2]

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