Hakea psilorrhyncha is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, it is endemic to a small area on the west coast in the Wheatbelt and Mid West regions of Western Australia. It has needle-shaped, sharply pointed leaves and clusters of scented brownish yellow flowers.
Hakea psilorrhyncha is an erect very prickly shrub typically growing to a height of 1to with a slender growth habit and does not form a lignotuber. The terete leaves grow alternately on branchlets and are NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long and wide ending with a very sharp point. The branchlets and new leaf growth is a rusty colour. The inflorescence consists of 6-8 sweetly scented brown-yellow clusters of flowers in the leaf axils on a stem long. The pedicel is long and thickly covered in cream-white to deep yellow, flattened silky hairs. The perianth long and the pistil long. The large ovoid fruit are rough and corky NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 long by NaNsigfig=1NaNsigfig=1 wide ending with a curving short beak. Flowering occurs from September to October.[1] [2] [3]
Hakea psilorrhyncha was first formally described in 1990 by Robyn Mary Barker and the description was published in Flora of Australia.[4] It was named from the Greek psilos (smooth) and rhynchos (snout) referring to the beak of the fruit.[1]
This hakea grows in mallee or open heath on deep sand, loam or clay from Geraldton and south to Moore River National Park.[1]
Hakea psilorrhyncha is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.