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Hakea
Hakea is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia. They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia. They can reach 1-6 m in height, and have spirally arranged leaves 2-20 cm long, simple or compound, sometimes (e.g. H. suaveolens) with the leaflets thin cylindrical and rush-like. The flowers are produced in dense flowerheads of variable shape, globose to cylindrical, 3-10 cm long, with numerous small red, yellow, pink, purple, pale blue or white flowers.
Hakeas are named after Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake, the 18th century German patron of botany, following Heinrich Schrader's description of Hakea teretifolia in 1797.
Selected species
Hakea archaeoides is a large shrub or small tree endemic to forest areas on the north coast of New South Wales, Australia. The plant grows up to 7 metres in height and 4 metres in width at maturity. It has red and greenish-yellow flowers in pendant axillary clusters that appear from spring to early summer, bearing fruit in woody seed capsules that are approximately 2 to 3 cm long. The leaves are up to 25 cm long and 1 to 3 cm wide.
Hakea bakeriana is a shrub which is endemic to forest and heathland areas on the central coast of New South Wales (from Newcastle to the Hawkesbury River), Australia. It is threatened by urban and road development. It grows to about 1 to 2 metres in height and width and has pinkish-white to pink coloured flowers in axillary clusters that appear from late autumn to early spring. These are followed by woody seed capsules which are approximately 7 cm long and 4 cm wide. The leaves are narrow and about 1-1.5 mm in diameter and up to 7 cm in length.
Hakea myrtoides or Myrtle Hakea is a shrub endemic to the woodlands of the Darling Range near Perth in Western Australia. It grows to between 0.3 and 0.9 metres in height and has pink flowers that appear in winter and early spring followed by small woody seed capsules that are less than 1cm in diameter. The leaves are small, elliptical and myrtle-like (hence myrtiodes) and are about 2cm in length and end in a point. In cultivation the plant in often grafted onto Hakea salicifolia, which enables it to grow in a wider variety of soil conditions.
Hakea bucculenta (Red Pokers) is a large shrub in the Proteaceae family that is indigenous to the area between Shark Bay and Geraldton in Western Australia.
Hakea nodosa, commonly known as Yellow Hakea, is a shrub which is native to Australia.
Hakea orthorrhyncha, commonly known as Bird Beak Hakea, is a shrub which is endemic to the Murchison River area of Western Australia. Hakea orthorrhyncha has a spreading habit, growing to between 2 and 3 metres tall with a similar spread. The bright red flowers appear in clusters on older growth from early winter to early spring. The woody, beaked fruits which follow are about 40 mm long and 20 mm wide.
Hakea pachyphylla is a shrub which is endemic to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales in Australia. It grows from 0.3 to 2 metres in height and has yellow flowers that appear in axillary clusters in spring. These are followed by globose to obovoid warty capsules which are approximately 3 cm long and 1.5 cm wide. The leaves are terete and range from 1 to 5 cm long and 1 to 1.8 mm in diameter
Hakea petiolaris, or Sea-urchin Hakea, is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia.
Hakea cygna is a Western Australian shrub.
Hakea corymbosa , or Cauliflower Hakea, is a shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows up to 2 metres in height and has yellow and green axillary flower clusters which are followed by woody seed capsules that are 2 to 3 cm long and about 1.5 cm wide. The prickly leaves are 2.5 to 12 cm long and 0.2 to 0.8 cm wide.
Hakea drupacea, commonly known as Sweet Hakea, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia.
Hakea purpurea is a shrub which is endemic to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.
Hakea salicifolia commonly known as the (Willow-leaved Hakea) is indigenous to New South Wales and Queensland. It is a fast growing shrub which grows up to 5m tall with leaves that can grow up to 12cm long and the new growth on the Willow-leaved Hakea has a pleasant rose colouring. During the spring the Willow-leaved Hakea has pale yellow to white flowers which appear in small dense clusters among the leaves.
Hakea scoparia is a shrub which is endemic to shrubland in south-west Western Australia.
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