Hakea drupacea
Common names
fork-leaved hakea
Biostatus
Exotic
Conservation status
Not applicable
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
White
Detailed description
Large rather erect shrub with variable leaves. Leaves can be either simple with 2-7 pinnae on the same plant. Up to 50 small white flowers in dense short racemes. Fruit up to 2 x 2.5 cm, pale brown, lumpy and with a short beak. Small winged black seeds.
Similar taxa
The presence of at least some pinnately compound leaves makes H. drupacea quite distinctive.
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Detailed taxonomy
Genus
Family
Synonyms
Hakea suaveolens
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Flowering
April, May, June, July, August
Year naturalised
1935
Origin
W. Australia
Reason for introduction
Ornamental.
Life cycle and dispersal
Many winged seeds contained in each fruit. Fire probably required to get mass germination. Dispersed by people, wind and gravity.