Английская Википедия:Hakea oldfieldii

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Hakea oldfieldii is a shrub of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to South West region of Western Australia. It has small white or cream-yellow flowers in profusion in spring.

Description

Hakea oldfieldii is an open, straggling shrub with upright branches and growing to a height of Шаблон:Convert. The smooth, needle-shaped leaves are more or less Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide and grow alternately. The rigid dark green leaves may be curving or straight and end in a sharp point. The branchlets are smooth and covered with a bluish green powdery film. The inflorescence consists of 8-20 white or cream-yellow flowers in a raceme in the leaf axils on a smooth stalk Шаблон:Cvt long. The flowers appear in profusion and have an unpleasant scent. The over-lapping flower bracts are Шаблон:Cvt long, the pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long. The smooth, cream-white perianth Шаблон:Cvt long and the pistil Шаблон:Cvt long. The fruit are egg-shaped almost rounded, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide with an uneven surface, occasionally warty ending with two prominent horns about Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs from August to October.[1][2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

Hakea oldfieldii was first formally described by George Bentham in 1870 and published the description in Flora Australiensis.[4][5] The specific epithet oldfieldii honours Augustus Frederick Oldfield who first discovered the species.[3]

Distribution and habitat

This species is found in the south-west from Bunbury and Busselton to the Stirling Range growing in well-drained rocky loam or clay over ironstone in winter-wet sites.[6]

Conservation status

Hakea oldfieldii is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[1] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[7]

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