Hakea laevipes subsp. laevipes

Unnamed at Bournda National Park

5 images

Identification history

Hakea laevipes subsp. laevipes	6 Nov 2016	BettyDonWood652
Hakea laevipes subsp. laevipes	6 Nov 2016	SteveBurrows2.3K
Unidentified	4 Nov 2016	SteveBurrows2.3K

Author's notes

Leaf is 86mm long and 12mm wide

7 comments

JackieMiles1K wrote:

5 Nov 2016

Tricky one. Could be Hakea dactyloides or laevipes, with the only real difference between them being that dactyloides is killed by fire and laevipes resprouts. So if the plant is multi-stemmed and looks like it could have resprouted it's definitely laevipes, but if there has been no recent fire, then it's pretty much impossible to tell them apart (or at least I haven't found a reliable way yet).

SteveBurrows2.3K wrote:

5 Nov 2016

No signs of recent fire, I don't think there has been a fire in the area that this plant is growing for quite some time.

SteveBurrows2.3K wrote:

5 Nov 2016

Could this one be Hakea sp.

JackieMiles1K wrote:

6 Nov 2016

Or you could investigate a bit further in the vicinity and see if you can work out if plants are single or multi-stemmed and get back to me. Hakea sp is a bit of a cop-out.

SteveBurrows2.3K wrote:

6 Nov 2016

Fair enough I know there is at least one other plant nearby will check next time I am there.

SteveBurrows2.3K wrote:

6 Nov 2016

I have added another photograph of the base of a plant, based on that image I would imagine it is H. laevipes

JackieMiles1K wrote:

7 Nov 2016

I'm persuaded.

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