Английская Википедия:Hakea newbeyana

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Hakea newbeyana is a shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the southern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub with smooth grey bark and sweetly scented cream-yellow flowers in profusion in spring.

Description

Hakea newbeyana is a rigid, spreading, rounded shrub typically growing to a height of Шаблон:Convert with ascending smooth grey branches and does not form a lignotuber. The branchlets are densely covered in flattened rusty-coloured, soft hairs. The rigid dark green leaves are needle-shaped, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, straight to slightly curved and ending in a sharp point Шаблон:Cvt long. The 6-8 small, sweetly scented creamy-white and yellow flowers appear in clusters in leaf axils on a coarse rough stalk Шаблон:Cvt long. The over-lapping flower bracts are Шаблон:Cvt long. The pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long and smooth. The smooth, yellow perianth is Шаблон:Cvt long and the pistil Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from September to October. The large, grey, egg-shaped fruit are smooth with darker blister-like pitting on the surface and taper to a small blunt beak.[1][2]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea newbeyana was first formally described by Robyn Mary Barker in 1990 and the description was published in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[3][4] The species was named in honour of Western Australian botanist Kenneth Newbey.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species grows in the central and eastern wheatbelt region of Western Australia in sandy loam and lateritic gravelly soils. Also in woodlands of the Hyden-Newdgate district.[2]

Conservation Status

Hakea newbeyana is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government.[5]

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