{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox |name= Hakea wattle |image = Acacia hakeoides.jpg |image_caption = Near Lake Cowal |genus = Acacia |species = hakeoides |authority = A.Cunn. ex Benth.<ref name="APC">{{cite web |title=''Acacia hakeoides'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/64096 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> |synonyms_ref = <ref name="APC" /> |synonyms = * ? ''Acacia falciformis'' var. ''propinqua'' <small>Benth.</small> * ''Acacia hakeoides'' <small>A.Cunn. ex Benth.</small> var. ''hakeoides'' * ''Racosperma hakeoides'' <small>(Benth.) Pedley</small> |range_map = Acacia hakeoidesDistMap414.png |range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH }} [[File:Acacia hakeoides habit.jpg|thumb|Habit near Boree Creek]]
'''''Acacia hakeoides''''', known colloquially as '''hakea wattle''', '''hakea-leaved wattle''' or '''western black wattle''',<ref name="ABRS">{{cite web |last1=Maslin |first1=Bruce R. |last2=Kodela |first2=Phillip G. |editor-last1=Kodela |editor-first1=Phillip G. |title=''Acacia hakeoides'' |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Acacia%20hakeoides |publisher=Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> is a species of flowering plant endemic to southern Australia. It is a bushy shrub or tree with lance-shaped to linear phyllodes, racemes of bright golden-yellow flowers and more or less leathery to leathery to hard and brittle pods. It can be found growing in sandy soils in semiarid and ''Eucalyptus'' woodland in the region.
==Description== ''Acacia hakeoides'' is a bushy shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1–4|m}} and has glabrous branchlets. Its phyllodes are narrowly egg-shaped to lance-shaped, with the narrower end towards the base, mostly {{cvt|40–120|mm}} long and {{cvt|3–12|mm}} wide with one or two glands on the edges and a prominent midvein. The flowers are bright golden-yellow and borne in a raceme {{cvt|10–80|mm}} long at the base of phyllodes, with six to twelve clusters of 20 to 30 flowers, {{cvt|4–6|mm}} in diameter. Flowering usually occurs from July to November, and the fruit is a straight or twisted pod {{cvt|70–120|mm}} long and {{cvt|4–7|mm}} wide. The seeds are dull black, {{cvt|5–7|mm}} long, with a club-shaped aril.<ref name="ABRS" /><ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |last1=Kodela |first1=Phillip G. |last2=Harden |first2=Gwen J. |title=''Acacia hakeoides'' |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Acacia~hakeoides |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="SA">{{cite web |title=''Acacia hakeoides'' |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Acacia_hakeoides |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="RBGV">{{cite web |title=''Acacia hakeoides'' |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/684adc2c-28e0-4899-aae4-598f6c51b902 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref>
==Taxonomy== ''Acacia hakeoides'' was first formally describe in 1842 by George Bentham in the ''London Journal of Botany'' from an unpublished description by Allan Cunningham.<ref name=APNI>{{cite web|title=''Acacia hakeoides''|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/470415|publisher=APNI|access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="Benth.">{{cite journal |last1=Bentham |first1=George |title=Notes on Mimoseae, with a synopsis of species. |journal=London Journal of Botany |date=1842 |volume=1 |page=354 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40367#page/358/mode/1up |access-date=23 April 2024}}</ref> The specific epithet (''hakeiodes'') means "''Hakea''-like".<ref name="Sharr">{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=213 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
==Distribution and habitat== Hakea wattle is widespread and common in open scrub, ''Eucalyptus'' woodland or mallee in western New South Wales,<ref name="RBGS" /> north-western Victoria,<ref name="RBGV" /> southern coastal areas of South Australia including the Nullarbor region,<ref name="SA" /> and the Coolgardie, Hampton, Mallee and Nullarbor bioregions of southern Western Australia.<ref name="FB">{{FloraBase|name=''Acacia hakeoides''|id=3359}}</ref>
==Uses== The seed of "Acacia hakeoides" is edible and it has been suggested that this seed is suitable for culinary use as a flavouring agent, as a stable carbohydrate or as a coffee substitute, among others.<ref name=domestication>{{cite journal |last1=McDonald |first1=Maurice W. |last2=Maslin |first2=Bruce R. |last3=Thomson |first3=Lex A.J. |date=2002 |title=Domestication of wattles with edible seeds for the wheatbelt of Western Australia |url=https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/images/documents/about/science/cswa/articles/87.pdf |journal=Conservation Science W. Aust. |volume=4 |issue=3 |pages=170–180 |doi= |pmc= |pmid= |access-date=2023-05-11 |name-list-style=vanc}}</ref> In light of this fact, the species has been listed by one study as a medium priority species of interest for domestication for seed production purposes.<ref name=domestication/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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hakeoides Category:Fabales of Australia Category:Flora of New South Wales Category:Flora of Queensland Category:Flora of South Australia Category:Flora of Victoria (state) Category:Acacias of Western Australia Category:Taxa named by George Bentham Category:Plants described in 1842