Flora of Victoria

Small trees or shrubs 0.8–4 m high; branchlets sparsely to densely tomentose to appressed sericeous; leaves glabrous; fruit 2.1–3.2 cm long, 1.3–2.5 cm wide; red-brown wood layer of inner valve face 1–2.5 mm wide. Flowers Jun.–Sep.

CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, OtP, OtR, Strz, VVP, WPro, Wim. Also SA (naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), Tas (native and ?naturalised). Widespread and locally common in open forest, damp heath or dry scrubland, chiefly in hilly areas, on sandy loams or clayey soils, ranging from near sea-level to c. 300 m.

Source: Barker, R.M.; Barker, W.R.; Haegi, L. (1996). Hakea. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J. (eds), Flora of Victoria Vol. 3, Dicotyledons Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Updated by: Val Stajsic, 2018-03-15

life Life

kingdom Plantae

phylum Tracheophyta

class Magnoliopsida

superorder Proteanae

order Proteales

family Proteaceae

genus Hakea

species Hakea decurrens R.Br.

Higher taxa

subspecies Hakea decurrens subsp. physocarpa W.R.Barker

Victoria

**Source:** AVH (2014). *Australia's Virtual Herbarium*, Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria, <http://avh.chah.org.au>. Find Hakea decurrens subsp. physocarpa in AVH ; *Victorian Biodiversity Atlas*, © The State of Victoria, Department of Environment and Primary Industries (published Dec. 2014) Find Hakea decurrens subsp. physocarpa in Victorian Biodiversity Atlas

Bioregion	Occurrence status	Establishment means
Lowan Mallee	present	native
Wimmera	present	native
Victorian Volcanic Plain	present	native
Gippsland Plain	present	native
Otway Plain	present	native
Goldfields	present	native
Central Victorian Uplands	present	native
Greater Grampians	present	native
Dundas Tablelands	present	native
East Gippsland Lowlands	present	native
East Gippsland Uplands	present	native
Wilsons Promontory	present	native
Highlands-Southern Fall	present	native
Highlands-Northern Fall	present	native
Otway Ranges	present	native
Strzelecki Ranges	present	native

Bioregions of Victoria

State distribution

State
South Australia
New South Wales
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania