Hakea trineura

Hakea trineura is a shrub of the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland Australia. It has large pendulous greenish-yellow flowers from May to September.
Description.
"Hakea trineura" is a multi-stemmed shrub growing to high and forms a lignotuber. The branchlets and new leaf growth have flattened, brown, short soft silky hairs, or are smooth. The leaves grow on a petiole about long. They are narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped long by wide with three distinct longitudinal veins. The leaves narrow gradually to the apex ending either with a sharp point or rounded. The inflorescence consists of 60-80 greenish-yellow flowers on a smooth or with sparsely flattened soft hairs on a rachis up to long. The mid-green pedicel long and smooth. The deep yellow perianths are long and are smooth or with a few hairs when in bud. The styles are mid-green and the pistil long.
The fruit are smooth, obliquely egg-shaped long by wide and slightly curved.
Taxonomy and naming.
This species was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name "Grevillea trineura" and published the description in "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae". In 1868 Mueller changed the name to "Hakea trineura". It is said to be named from the Greek "trineura" referring to the three-veined leaves. "Trineura" is however not attested in ancient Greek.
Distribution and habitat.
"Hakea trineura" is restricted to the Maryborough to Rockhampton area of Queensland. It grows in hilly Eucalyptus woodland over hummock grasslands. It is a quick growing shrub in tropical areas.
Conservation status.
"Hakea trineura" is listed as "vulnerable" by the Australian Department of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act.