Hakea salicifolia
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| Hakea salicifolia (Willow-leaved Hakea) | |
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Hakea salicifolia (HAK-ee-uh sal-iss-ih-FOH-lee-uh) commonly known as the willow-leaved hakea,[1] is indigenous to Eastern Australia and is found in New South Wales and Queensland.
H. salicifolia is a fast-growing, upright shrub that can grow up to 5m tall. The flat and elliptical leaves are widest in the middle and can grow up to 12 cm long.[2] New growth on the Willow-leaved Hakea is rose coloured. During the spring the Willow-leaved Hakea has pale yellow to white flowers which appear in small dense clusters among the leaves.
Willow-leaved Hakea is an invasive plant species in New Zealand and is listed by the New Zealand Department of Conservation as one of about 300 environmental weeds.[3]
The species was formally described in 1890 by French botanist Étienne Pierre Ventenat, based on a specimen cultivated at the garden of Jacques Philippe Martin Cels which was believed to have origins in the Botany Bay area. Ventenat gave it the name Embrothium salicifolium.[4] English botanist Brian Burtt transferred the species to the genus Hakea in 1941.[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Hakea salicifolia (Vent.) B.L.Burtt". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ "Willow-leaved hakea". Bay of Plenty Regional Council. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- ^ Howell, Clayson (May 2008). Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand (PDF). DRDS292. Wellington: Department of Conservation. ISBN 978-0-478-14413-0. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
- ^ "Embothrium salicifolium Vent". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
External links
- Hakea salicifolia at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
- Hakea salicifolia collection at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa