Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Hakea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl., Sert. Hannov. (1797)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Hakea acicularis (Sm. ex Vent.) Knight (1809) nom. illeg.
  • = Conchium aciculare Sm. ex Vent.
Vernacular Name(s):
Needle bush; needlebush; Prickly hakea
 Description

Large spreading shrub or small tree. Shoots densely hairy, somewhat angular. Lvs terete, simple, 20–60 × 0.7–1 mm, glabrous except when very young, rigid and spiny. Fls few, in fascicles of < 10; peduncles 0 or very short, densely hairy. Pedicels 3–4 mm long, densely hairy to glabrate. Perianth white, glabrous, = pedicels. Ovary shortly stipitate or sessile; style glabrous; stigma cone slightly oblique. Fr. 2–3 × 1.4–2.5 cm, mostly very corrugated; beak very short. Seed 15–25 × 6–12 mm (including wing), black; wing extending down 1 side.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
 Phenology

Flowering: Jun.–Nov.

 Bibliography
Biosecurity New Zealand 2012: Regional Pest Management Strategies Database. http://www.biosecurityperformance.maf.govt.nz/
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
Schrader, H.A.; Wendland, J.C. 1795-1798: Sertum Hannoveranum. Vandenhoeck et Ruprecht, Göttingen.
van Valkenburg, J.L.C.H.; Beyer, J.; Champion, P.; Coetzee, J.; Diadema, K.; Kritzinger-Klopper, S.; Marchante, E.; Piet, L.; Richardson, D.M.; Schönberger, I. 2024: Naturalised Hakea. What species are we actually talking about in Europe? Botany Letters 171(3): 357–370. (Published online: 18 Mar 2024)
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