Hakea drupacea
Common name
fork-leaved hakea
Synonyms
Hakea suaveolens
Family
Proteaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Terrestrial.
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.
Flowering
April, May, June, July, August
Flower colours
White
Year naturalised
1935
Origin
W. Australia
Reason For Introduction
Ornamental
Reproduction
Seed
Seed
Many winged seeds contained in each fruit. Fire probably required to get mass germination.
Dispersal
People, Wind, Gravity