About Hakea florulenta Meisn.
Hakea florulenta Meisn. is an erect shrub or small tree that typically grows 1.5 to 2 meters tall. This species forms a lignotuber, and its young shoots sometimes have a covering of silky hairs. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped, occasionally obovate, measuring 50 to 150 millimeters long and 10 to 35 millimeters wide, and are borne on a 2 to 5 millimeter long petiole. Flowers are arranged in umbels, with up to four umbels growing in leaf axils per branch. Each umbel holds 14 to 20 individual flowers, borne on a 3 to 4 millimeter long peduncle. Each individual flower sits on a 4.0 to 7.5 millimeter long pedicel. The flowers themselves are white, glabrous, and 5 to 8 millimeters long, with a pistil measuring 7 to 10 millimeters long. Flowering takes place from September to December. The fruit is obliquely elliptic, 20 to 25 millimeters long and 6 to 12 millimeters wide, with a surface marked by blackish blister-like protuberances. This species grows in coastal regions of south-eastern Queensland and northern New South Wales, ranging from Bundaberg in the south to Grafton. It occurs in open forest, often growing alongside Melaleuca. It is found on sand or sandstone, and sometimes grows in poorly drained areas.
