Hakea eriantha
{{short description|Species of plant in the family Proteaceae endemic to the east coast of Australia}}
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|image_caption = Near Cathcart
|genus = Hakea
|species = eriantha
|authority = R.Br.{{cite web |title=Hakea eriantha |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/69905 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=4 October 2020}}
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Hakea eriantha, commonly known as tree hakea,{{cite web |title=Hakea eriantha |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2895093 |website=Atlas of Living Australia |access-date=23 March 2019}} is a shrub or small tree endemic to the east coast of Australia. It has white flowers on a woolly stem in leaf axils, long narrow leaves with reddish new growth. Found growing at higher altitudes in moist or sclerophyll Eucalyptus woodland.
Description
Hakea eriantha is a dense non lignotuberous shrub or small tree {{convert|1-5|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} tall. Leaves are linear to egg-shaped and 8 to 18.5 cm long and 1 to 30 mm wide. Young leaves are either smooth or with flattened fine hairs, ending with a sharp short point {{convert|0.5-1.5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long. The inflorescence consists of 6-10 cream flowers on a stalk about {{convert|2.5-3.5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long, they appear in the leaf axils. The pedicel is {{convert|2.5-6|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and densely covered with white soft hairs extending onto the lower part of the flower. The white perianth is {{convert|3.5-6.5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and the style {{convert|7-8.5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long. between August and November. The woody fruit is smooth {{convert|1.9-3.2|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long and about {{convert|1.2-1.6|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} wide with brown blister-like protuberances ending with a short sharp point {{convert|3.5-4.5|mm|in|sigfig=2|abbr=on}} long. It is wrinkled and has beak that is about 3 mm long.{{NSW Flora Online|author= Barker, R.M|author2= Harden, G.J.|author3= Haegi, L.|author4= Barker, W.R.|genus=Hakea |species=eriantha }}{{cite book |editor-last1=Wilson |editor-first1=Annette |last1=Barker |first1=Robyn M. |last2=Haegi |first2=Laurence A. |last3=Barker |first3=William R. |title="Flora of Australia" Volume 17B Proteaceae 3 Hakeas to Dryandra |date=1999 |publisher=ABRS-Department of Environment & Heritage |isbn=0-643-06454-0 |url=http://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/6d8c5c3b-8545-437e-b9b3-944ac95ee07a/files/flora-australia-17b-proteaceae-3-hakea-dryandra.pdf}}{{cite book |last1=Wrigley |first1=John W. |last2=Fagg |first2=Murray |title=Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family |date=1989 |publisher=Collins Australia |isbn=0-7322-0020-2}}
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea eriantha was first formally described in 1830 by botanist Robert Brown from a specimen collected near the Hastings River by Charles Fraser. The description was published in an addendum to the Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae.{{cite web|title=Hakea eriantha|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/480090|publisher=APNI|access-date=5 January 2019}}{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Robert |title=Supplementum primum Prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae |date=1830 |page=29 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77294#page/543/mode/1up |access-date=5 January 2019}} The specific epithet (eriantha) is derived from the Ancient Greek words erion meaning "wool"{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.}}{{rp|864}} and anthos meaning "flower"{{rp|338}} referring to the hairy flowers of this hakea.{{cite web |title=Hakea eriantha |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Hakea/key/Australian%20Hakea%20species/Media/Html/Hakea_eriantha.htm |publisher=South Australian Herbarium: eflora SA |access-date=5 January 2019}}
Distribution and habitat
Tree hakea occurs in Eucalyptus woodland or forest and the edge of rainforest from Gladstone in Queensland, southward to Gippsland in Victoria.{{Flora of Australia Online|name=Hakea eriantha |id=45936}}
Use in horticulture
Hakea eriantha is a fast growing species, suitable for wet cold climates as a screening or hedging plant. A food source for the gang-gang cockatoo (Calocephalon fimbriatum) as they share a similar habitat. Also preferred in some districts by the yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus funereus) as a food source. {{cite book |last1=Holliday |first1=Ivan |title=Hakeas a Field and Garden Guide |date=2005 |publisher=Reed New Holland |isbn=1-877069-14-0}}{{cite book |last1=Adams |first1=George |title=Birdscaping Australian Gardens-A Guide to Native Plants & the Garden Birds they attract |date=2011 |publisher=D & G Publishing}}{{cite journal |last1=Sheather |first1=Warren |last2=Sheather |first2=Gloria |title=Hakea eriantha |journal=Australian Plants Society NSW |url=https://austplants.com.au/Hakea-eriantha |access-date=24 March 2019}}
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Category:Flora of New South Wales