Hakea multilineata

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Plant  information

Common name:         Grass-leaved Hakea

Conservation status: Least concern

• Classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government

Etymology:   

• The genus is named after Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake, an 18th-century German patron of botany

• Its name is said to be derived from the Latin multus - "many", and linea - "fine, parallel lines", referring to the veins in the leaf; the classical Latin linea is not a plural, but a singular, meaning "line"

Flowers:                  

• Flowering occurs from June to September producing vibrant pink flowers, which are known for attracting local birds

Fruit:                         

• The smooth fruit are ovoid in shape tapering to a small beak

• They may be found in clusters or spaced along the branchlets

Leaves:         

• It is evergreen

• The mid-green leaves are flat, broad and linear, 10–20 cm long to 1.5 cm wide with visible longitudinal veins ending in a rounded tip

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• It is an upright shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 6 m and does not form a lignotuber

• It is tolerant of medium frosts and grows best in an open sunny position that is very well drained

Habitat:   

• Scrubland or low woodland on laterite ridges or sandy to gravelly loams

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to an area in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia

• Grows from Dalwallinu and south to Ravensthorpe and east to the Shire of Yilgarn 

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy and naming

  • The species was first formally described by Swiss botanist Carl Meisner in 1848 and the description was published in Plantae Preissianae

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakea_multilineata (2023)