Hakea neurophylla, commonly known as the pink-flowered hakea,[1] is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to a small area near Dandaragan in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia.
An erect non-sprouting shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3to. Racemes of fragrant blooms appear from July to August in profusion in white or pale pink-red along the branchlets in the leaf axils. Inflorescences are solitary with 12 to 18 scented flowers with glabrous pedicels.Blue-grey leaves are obovate to elliptic and sometimes undulate 5to long and 16mm43mm wide and narrowly cuneate at the base. Leaves have 3 prominent longitudinal veins on both sides ending in a blunt point. Large blackish-brown fruit are obliquely ovate, from 3to long and 1.5cmto1.9cmcm (00.6inchesto00.7inchescm) wide, obscurely beaked, with a dorsal longitudinal ridge on each valve.[2]
Hakea neurophylla was first formally described by Carl Meisner in 1855.[3] Named from the Greek word neuron - nerve and phyllon leaf, a reference to the prominent veins in the leaves.[4]
Hakea neurophylla is a rare species restricted to the Mt Lesueur - Eneabba area north of Perth in heathland sand over laterite usually on ridge tops.[4] [5]
Hakea neurophylla is classified as "Priority Four" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning that it is rare or near threatened.[6]