| Desert hakea | |
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| Hakea mitchellii in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. mitchellii |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea mitchellii Meisn. | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hakea muelleriana J.M.Black | |
Hakea mitchellii, commonly known as desert hakea, is a shrub species in the family Proteaceae.
Description
Hakea mitchellii is a dense rounded medium to large shrub between 1–4 m (3–10 ft) high and wide and does not form a lignotuber. Leaves vary from terete, linear to ovate are 3.5–10 cm (1–4 in) long and 1–10 cm (0.4–4 in) wide. Profuse showy white or cream flowers appear in racemes in the leaf axils between October and January in the species' native range. Ellipsoidal to ovoid shaped fruit 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long by 0.5–1.5 cm (0.2–0.6 in) wide tapering to a small beak.
Taxonomy and naming
The species was first formally described in 1856 by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner and the description was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. The type specimen was collected near Pyramid Hill during Thomas Livingston Mitchell's 1836 expedition. Hakea mitchellii was named after Mitchell to honour the collector of the species.
Distribution and habitat
Desert hakea grows in mallee-heath vegetation on calcareous sandy soil. Mainly a South Australian species occurring on Eyre, Yorke and Fleurieu Peninsulas, Kangaroo Island and south of the Murray River to Naracoorte, extending into western Victoria.
References
- "Hakea mitchellii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- VicFlora Flora of Victoria: Hakea mitchellii Miesn. Desert Hakea. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- Holliday, Ivan (2005). Hakeas:A Field and Garden Guide. Reed New Holland. ISBN 1-877069-14-0.
- ^ "Hakea mitchellii". Flora of South Australia. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
- ^ Wilson, Annette; Barker, Robyn M.; Haegi, Laurence A.; Barker, William R., eds. (1999). "Flora of Australia". ABRS-Department of Environment and Heritage. ISBN 0-643-06454-0.
- "Hakea mitchellii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- "Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis". Biodiversity Heritage Library. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- "Proteaceae Hakea mitchellii Meisn. (possible holotype)". C. V. Starr Virtual Herbarium. New York Botanical Garden. Retrieved 30 April 2012.