Hakea propinqua

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Common name:         Blacknose

Conservation status: ...

Etymology:   

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

• The species name is derived from the Latin propinquus, meaning near, referring to the similarity to Hakea nodosa (Yellow Hakea)

Flowers:                  

• Unpleasantly scented, small, pale yellow or white flowers 

• Occurring in umbels along branchlets in leaf axils

Fruit:                         

• The warty fruit are egg shaped-elliptic 

• 3.5–4.5 cm long and 2.5–3 cm wide ending with two small horns

Leaves:         

• Thin, terete, about 3 cm long, 1 mm wide, ending with a sharp tip about 1 mm long

• The leaves are softer and at a smaller angle to the stem than the related Needlebush

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A bushy shrub 1–4 m tall 

Habitat:   

• From coast to ranges on sand or light loam over sandstone in woodland and heath

Distribution:                  

• The Sydney region to the Blue Mountains

Additional notes:   

• Taxonomy 

  • Hakea propinqua was first formally described in 1825 by Allan Cunningham and the description was published in Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hakea_propinqua (2024)

• https://www.plantfileonline.net/plants/plant_profile_report/NTMy (2024)