Hakea tephrosperma

Description

Hakea stenophylla is a shrub or tree of the genus Hakea native to Western Australia. The spreading shrub or tree typically grows to a height of 5 metres (16 ft).[1] The branchlets are densely covered with white to red hairs. The flat evergreen leaves have a linear to narrowly obovate shape with a length of 6 to 12 centimetres (2.4 to 4.7 in) and a width of 1 to 4 millimetres (0.039 to 0.157 in) wide. It blooms from May to August and produces cream-white flowers. The inflorescences contain 10 to 16 cream-white flowers with a 1.6 to 4 mm (0.063 to 0.157 in) perianth that is recurved to a claw. The pistil is 7 to 13 mm (0.28 to 0.51 in) in length with a recurved style and an oblique pollen presenter. The woody fruit has an obliquely obovate or elliptic shape with a length of 3 to 4.5 cm (1.2 to 1.8 in) and a width of 2 to 2.6 cm (0.8 to 1.0 in) with a black beak. The seeds within are 17 to 23 mm (0.669 to 0.906 in) long and 9.5 to 16 mm (0.374 to 0.630 in) wide with a wing down one side of seed body.