- Taxon
- Weed
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hakea drupacea (C.F.Gaertn.) Roem. & Schult. (1818)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Conchium drupaceum C.F.Gaertn.
- = Hakea suaveolens R.Br. (1810)
Description
Large, rather erect shrub. Shoots with appressed hairs, strongly compressed. Lvs terete, 40–110 × 1.5–2 mm, initially hairy, becoming glabrous, simple or pinnate with 2–7 terete pinnae (different forms on the same plant), rigid and spiny. Fls up to c. 50 in dense short racemes. Rachis villous, c. 1.5 cm long. Pedicels 3–5 mm long, glabrous. Perianth white, glabrous, < pedicels. Ovary sessile, glabrous; style glabrous; stigma cone erect, symmetric. Fr. 2–2.5 × 1.6–2 cm, pale brown, slightly to moderately rugose; beak very short, incurved. Seed 17–20 × c. 6 mm (including wing), black; wing extending down 1 side.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Hakea suaveolens R.Br.]
Biostatus
Exotic
Bibliography
Barker, R.M. 1991: New species, new combinations and other name changes in Hakea (Proteaceae). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 13: 95–110.
Barker, R.M.; Haegi, L.; Barker, W.R. 1999: George, A.S. (ed.) Flora of Australia. Vol. 17B. ABRS and CSIRO, Melbourne.
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. [as Hakea suaveolens R.Br.]
Wilcox, M.; Bradshaw, C.; Cameron, E. 2004: Woody plants of the Auckland Domain. Auckland Botanical Society Journal 59(1): 44–56.
