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Hakea pritzelii

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Hakea pritzelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. pritzelii
Binomial name
Hakea pritzelii
Habit in a nature reserve south of Tarin Rock
Fruit

Hakea pritzelii is a flowering shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a few small areas in the Great Southern region of Western Australia. It has rigid, pale green leaves and scented red-purple flowers.

Description

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Hakea pritzelli is an erect, dense, spreading shrub typically growing to a height of 1 to 2.5 metres (3.3 to 8.2 ft). It blooms from July to August and produces sweetly scented red-purple flowers with a light green style in clusters in leaf axils or along stems on old wood. The leaves are obovate, thick, rigid and stem clasping with a prominent sharp point. The pale green leaves vary from being entire to shallowly divided having 3, 5 or 9 small very sharp, prickly teeth. The fruit are 20 mm (0.8 in) long and 9–10 mm (0.4–0.4 in) wide with corky spines on the external surface.[2][3]

Taxonomy and naming

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Hakea pritzelii was first formally described in 1904 Ludwig Diels and the description was published in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[4][5] The species was named after the German botanist Ernst Georg Pritzel who travelled with Ludwig Diels collecting specimens of Western Australia flora.[3]

Distribution and habitat

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Hakea pritzelii grows from Cranbrook and the Stirling Range National Park to Gnowangerup in heath and scrubland in white sand. Often found in low lying seasonally wet areas. A good habitat plant due to its dense prickly habit.[3]

Conservation status

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Although Hakea pritzelii has a restricted range, it is considered "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Hakea pritzelii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Hakea pritzelii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ a b c Young, J A. Hakeas of Western Australia:A Field and Identification Guide. J A Young. ISBN 0-9585778-2-X.
  4. ^ "Hakea pritzelii". APNI. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  5. ^ Diels, Ludwig (1904). "Hakea pritzellii". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (2–3): 163–164. Retrieved 31 August 2021.