Common name: Bootlace Oak
Hakea lorea subsp. lorea (R.Br.) R.Br. APNI* 
Description: Branchlets appressed-pubescent to woolly-tomentose, sometimes with simple glandular hairs as well, rarely these alone.
Leaves either simple and 0.9–2.3 mm diam., or compound with 2–6 segments each 1–2.4 mm diam.
Rachis, pedicel and perianth densely woolly-tomentose or appressed-pubescent. Perianth 5–11 (-12) mm long to apex of curved limb. Pistil 15–28 mm long; gland 1.5–2.8 mm long (in lateral view); stipe 0.5–3.5 mm long.
Fruit 2.5–4.2 (-4.4) cm long; valve (0.9-) 1.4–2.4 cm wide; red-brown wood zone 1–5 mm wide; pale wood zone 4–10 mm wide.
Flowering: Flowers April–September
Distribution and occurrence: Possibly NWS (N.S.W.); widespread over the north-eastern and central arid and subtropical parts of Australia, from W.A. N.T., Qld, and north-western S.A. Grows in sandy to clay or duplex soil, on sandstone, granite, basalt, laterite schist or alluvium, on plains or in ranges, in open, usually Eucalyptus dominated, mixed forest or woodland, sometimes over shrubs, with grass understorey, rarely in dunes.
NSW subdivisions: NWS
Other Australian states: Qld W.A. S.A. N.T.
Text by R.M. Barker, L. Haegi & W.R. Barker
Taxon concept: Fl. Australia
| The single subspecies in NSW. Characters and distribution as for the species in NSW. |
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