In grassy woodland; 2 shrubs, one about 2 m tall (2nd photo), second shrub smaller; fruits with distinctive double pointed beak, flowers heavily sweet scented (watch your nose).
I used Leo Costermans 2002 "Native Trees and Shrubs....", p 155 and checked Plantnet https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hakea~sericea I don't know the differences between H sericea and H decurrens subsp. decurrens. Just in case, I will fetch a sample for our botanists to confirm. Plantnet Hakea decurrens subsp. decurrens seems to have a more elongated fruit/beak compared to H sericea?
From the material given to me by Waltraud last week, I measured perianth and gynoecium lengths of 20 flowers of different ages selected from 5 clusters, and obtained the following results: Average perianth length (n=40) 7.2 mm, the upper end of the range given by Flora of Australia and by Plantnet (4.2–7.2 mm). Average pistil (gynoecium) length (n=10) 11.7 mm, once again at the upper end of the range given by Flora of Australia (8.5–12 mm) and by Plantnet (9–12 mm). The material keys readily to H. decurrens ssp. decurrens on these measurements, but for field id the more or less glabrous branchlets and the pubescent pedicels of H. d. d. contrast with the 'persistently woolly tomentose' branchlets and the villous pedicels of H. sericea. Isobel.
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