''Hakea eneabba'' is a shrub in the family,

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and endemic to an area along the west coast in the

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region of Western Australia.

Description

''Hakea eneabba'' is a low, many-branched

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shrub growing to a height of . Smaller branches are either smooth or hairy. Leaves are smooth and rigid with a central vein the length of the leaf ending with a sharp point at the apex. The leaves grow alternately or are whorled around the stem long and wide, widest above the middle. The inflorescence consists of 14-18 chrome-yellow flowers appearing in leaf axils in upper branches. The

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is smooth long. The perianth pale yellowish to green and long. The style is smooth and long. The fruit form in the leaf axils at an angle to the stem are egg-shaped long and wide tapering to a rounded beak .

Taxonomy and naming

This species of Hakea was named after the vicinity of Eneabba where it grows. It was first formally described by the botanist

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in 1999 in the work ''Flora of Australia'' by Haegi, William Robert Barker, Robyn Barker and Annette Wilson.

Distribution and habitat

Grows in scattered areas in and around Eneabba between Geraldton in the north to

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in the south on deep sand in heathland. This ornamental species requires a well-drained site in full sun.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18079720 eneabba Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1999