Shrub or small tree, 0.3-5m high with a lignotuber. When young, branchlets are silky to tomentose. Previously Hakea gibbosa.
Weed Category:
Weed:
No
Form or habit:
Shrub, Small tree
Family:
Proteaceae
Leaf:
Terete, 3.5-13.5cm x 0.8-1.3mm, glabrescent, flexible to somewhat rigid.
Flower conspicuous:
Conspicuous
Flower colour:
White
Flower description:
The inflorescence consists of one to six white flowers, occasionally a bluish-green with a powdery film, appearing in clusters in leaf axils. Flower stalks are 0.6-1mm long, covered in short rusty coloured matted hairs. The pedicel is 1.8-3mm long, covered sparsely or with matted silky white and rusty coloured hairs.
Fruit conspicuous:
Conspicuous
Fruit colour:
Brown
Fruit:
Fruit description:
Brown, ovoid or obovoid follicle, 20-35 x 16-25mm, the surface wrinkled but not usually distinctly warted, beak as a smooth, somewhat flattened rim extending down one side, horns present but obscure.
Habitat:
Open forest, woodland.
Distribution
Queensland, New South Wales.
Food source for:
Toxicity:
No toxicity known
Origin:
Australia.
Notes:
Information sources:
Atlas of Living Australia (2022) Hakea actites W.R.Barker., PlantNET (2022) Hakea actites W.R.Barker. FloraOnline.
