Hakea macrorrhyncha

Hakea macrorrhyncha is a shrub in the family Proteaceae native to Australia. A restricted species of north-eastern New South Wales and south-eastern Queensland.

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Hakea macrorrhyncha is an erect shrub or small tree, single-stemmed or forked close to the ground 1.8–6 m (6–20 ft) high. Branchlets are densely covered with short soft matted hairs and remain until flowering. Needle-like leaves are often grooved below 4.5–9 cm (2–4 in) long and 0.9–1.5 mm (0.04–0.06 in) wide. They appear white initially and densely covered with matted hairs becoming smooth without hairs. An inflorescence of 3−4 flowers appear in leaf axils. The main stalk is rounded, 0.5–0.7 mm (0.02–0.03 in) long and covered with white woolly hairs. The individual white flower stalks are 4–5.5 mm (0.2–0.2 in) long and moderately covered with soft matted hairs. The short cream-white sepals and petals are 3–3.8 mm (0.1–0.1 in) long, moderately to densely covered with white soft short hairs. The style is 6.5–8 mm (0.3–0.3 in) long and recurved. Laterally broad egg-shaped fruit 35–45 mm (1–2 in) long, 21-25 or up to 30 mm wide with a network of wrinkled veins with small blister-like protuberances on a smooth surface, tapering to a long-triangular beak. Cream-white flowers appear from August to September.