Hakea strumosa
{{Short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia}}
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|image_caption = Hakea strumosa flowers in Kings Park, Perth
|genus = Hakea
|species = strumosa
|authority = Meisn.{{cite web |title=Hakea strumosa |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/99756 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=21 August 2019}}
|range_map = Hakea strumosaDistMap132.png
|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Hakea strumosa is a shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to an area in the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. A dense, very prickly shrub with a profusion of small, deep pink or red flowers in spring.{{FloraBase|name=Hakea strumosa|id=2208}}File:Hakea strumosa fruit.jpgFile:Hakea strumosa habit.jpg
Description
Hakea strumosa is a rounded, dense shrub typically growing to a height of {{convert|0.6|to|1.5|m|ft|0}} and {{convert|1-2|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide and does not form a lignotuber. The branchlets and young leaves are smooth or has dense, flattened, rusty-coloured silky hairs. The leaves are stiff, needle-shaped {{cvt|2.5-11|cm}} long and {{cvt|1.3-1.8|mm}} wide ending in a long sharp point {{cvt|1-4.8|mm}} long. The inflorescence usually consists of 4 and occasionally 6-10 small, deep pink or red mildly scented flowers in axillary clusters along the upright branchlets. The individual flowers have overlapping bracts {{cvt|0.7-2|mm}} long and covered in coarse, rough hairs. The pedicel {{cvt|2-3.5|mm}} long and smooth, the pistil {{cvt|6.5-8|mm}} long. The red and yellow perianth is {{cvt|3-4.2|mm}} long, smooth and covered in a bluish-green powdery film. The large fruit are smooth with wrinkles, pear-shaped {{convert|3-6|cm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long and {{convert|2-3.5|cm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} wide, ending in two small horns {{convert|2|mm|in|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} long. Flowering occurs from September to October.{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=J A |title=Hakeas of Western Australia:A Field and Identification Guide |publisher=J A Young |isbn=0-9585778-2-X}}{{cite book |last1=Holliday |first1=Ivan |title=Hakeas: A Field and Garden Guide |publisher=Reed New Holland |isbn=1-877069-14-0}}{{cite web |title=Hakea strumosa |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/efsa/lucid/Hakea/key?Australia%20Hakea%20species/media/Html/Hakeastrumosa.htm |website=Government of South Australia |access-date=13 November 2018}}
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea strumosa was first formally described by Carl Meisner in 1855 and published the description in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.{{cite web |title=Hakea strumosa |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/99756/api/apni-format |website=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=21 August 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Meisner |first1=Carl |title=Hakea strumosa |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109211#page/408/mode/1up |website=Biodiversity Heritage Library |access-date=21 August 2019}} Named from the Latin strumosus - a reference to the thick stalk supporting the fruit.
Distribution and habitat
This species is found growing in low heath on sand, sometimes over laterite from Tammin in the central wheatbelt, ranging south to Bremer Bay and Esperance.
Conservation status
Hakea strumosa is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.