Hakea acuminata
{{short description|Species of shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia}}
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Hakea acuminata is a shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Western Australia. A restricted species bearing clusters of white flowers with a green or pinkish tinge in late autumn to winter.
Description
Hakea acuminata is a multi-branched shrub growing to {{convert|0.5|to|1.8|m|ft|1}} high, with smooth grey bark. Shiny rich green leaves have a yellow tinge at the base, are almost flat and partially whorled in the higher flowering branches. Leaves are concave, narrowly oval to egg-shaped {{convert|3|to|12|cm|in|1}} long and {{convert|9|to|38|mm|in|3}} wide. Leaves have one to three prominent longitudinal veins on both sides. The inflorescence has 16 to 24 flowers appearing in racemes in leaf axils. The perianth is a cream-yellow and the style long and prominent. The pistil is {{convert|34-37|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long. Egg-shaped woody fruit grow singly or in pairs {{convert|25|to|31|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|16|to|21|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} wide. Fruit become corky as they age and have little or no beak. Seed are blackish-brown, obliquely egg-shaped {{convert|18|to|21|mm|in|2|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|9|to|10|mm|in|3|abbr=on}} wide with a wing extending down both sides of body. From May to October clusters of cream to pale yellow, ageing to pale pink blooms appear.{{cite web|url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Hakea/key/Australian%20Hakea%20species/Media/Html/Hakea_acuminata.htm|title=Hakea acuminata|work=Electronic Flora of South Australia|publisher=Government of South Australia|access-date=17 October 2018}}{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=J A |title="Hakeas of Western Australia:A Field and Identification Guide" |date=2006 |publisher=J A Young |isbn=0-9585778-2-X}}{{cite book |last1=Holliday |first1=Ivan |title="Hakeas a Field and Garden Guide" |date=2005 |publisher=Reed New Holland |isbn=1-877069-14-0}}
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea acuminata was first formally described by botanist Laurence Haegi in 1999 as part of the work Appendix: Hakea written by Haegi, W.R.Barker, R.M.Barker, and A.J.Wilson as published in Flora of Australia.{{cite web|url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2896391#names|title=Hakea acuminata Haegi|access-date=17 October 2018|work=Atlas of Living Australia|publisher=Global Biodiversity Information Facility}}
Distribution and habitat
This species is endemic to two small areas along the south coast in the Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia between Ravensthorpe and Jerramungup. Grows on undulating plains of shrub-mallee or heath in deep white sand or loamy soils over granite.{{FloraBase|name=Hakea acuminata|id=16920}}
Conservation status
Hakea acuminata is classified as "Priority Two - Poorly Known", known from one or a few populations by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning it is rare or near threatened, due to its restricted distribution.{{cite web |title="Conservation Codes for Western Australia Flora and Fauna" |url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/plants-animals/threatened-species/Listings/Conservation%20code%20definitions.pdf |website=Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. |access-date=31 January 2019}}