Hakea
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Hakea is a genus of 149 species of shrub
Shrub
A shrub or bush is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and shorter height, usually under 5–6 m tall. A large number of plants may become either shrubs or trees, depending on the growing conditions they experience...

s and small tree
Tree
A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance. A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m to...

s in the Proteaceae
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises about 80 genera with about 1600 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea,...

, native to Australia
Australia
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. They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west
Southwest, Western Australia
The Southwest is a loosely defined area in the southwest corner of Western Australia. Various regionalisations have provided formal definitions of the area, but these do not coincide.* For the drainage division, see Southwest corner of Western Australia...

 of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

.

They can reach 1–6 m in height, and have spirally arranged leaves
Leaf
A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants....

 2–20 cm long, simple or compound, sometimes (e.g. H. suaveolens) with the leaflets thin cylindrical and rush
Juncaceae
Juncaceae, the rush family, are a monocotyledonous family of flowering plants. There are eight genera and about 400 species. Members of the Juncaceae are slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous plants, and they may superficially resemble grasses. They often grow on infertile soils in a wide range...

-like. The flower
Flower
A flower, sometimes known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants . The biological function of a flower is to effect reproduction, usually by providing a mechanism for the union of sperm with eggs...

s 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
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 patron of botany
Botany
Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

, following Heinrich Schrader
Heinrich Schrader (botanist)
Heinrich Adolf Schrader was a German botanist and mycologist. He studied medicine early in life. He named the Australian plant genus Hakea in 1797.Schrader was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1815....

's description of Hakea teretifolia
Hakea teretifolia
Hakea teretifolia, commonly known as the Dagger Hakea, is a species of woody shrub of the Proteaceae family common on heathlands in coastal Eastern Australia from Northern New South Wales through to Victoria and Tasmania...

in 1797.

It is now beginning to become accepted that Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...

is paraphyletic
Paraphyly
A group of taxa is said to be paraphyletic if the group consists of all the descendants of a hypothetical closest common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups of descendants...

 with respect to Hakea. It is likely, therefore, that Hakea may soon be transferred into Grevillea.

Classification

Hakeas are closely related to the genus Grevillea
Grevillea
Grevillea is a diverse genus of about 360 species of evergreen flowering plants in the protea family Proteaceae, native to Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Sulawesi. It was named in honour of Charles Francis Greville. The species range from prostrate shrubs less than 0.5 m tall to trees...

and Finschia, both members of the subfamily Grevilleoideae
Grevilleoideae
Grevilleoideae is a subfamily of the Proteaceae family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the southern hemisphere, it contains around 44 genera and about 950 species. Genera include Banksia, Grevillea and Macadamia.-Description:...

within the family Proteaceae. Many species have similar inflorescences, but hakeas can be distinguished by their woody seed pods.

Horticulture

Hakeas are popular ornamental plant
Ornamental plant
Ornamental plants are plants that are grown for decorative purposes in gardens and landscape design projects, as house plants, for cut flowers and specimen display...

s in garden
Garden
A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation, and enjoyment of plants and other forms of nature. The garden can incorporate both natural and man-made materials. The most common form today is known as a residential garden, but the term garden has...

s in Australia, and in many locations are as common as grevilleas and banksias. Several hybrids and cultivar
Cultivar
A cultivar'Cultivar has two meanings as explained under Formal definition. When used in reference to a taxon, the word does not apply to an individual plant but to all those plants sharing the unique characteristics that define the cultivar. is a plant or group of plants selected for desirable...

s have been developed. They are best grown in beds of light soil which is watered but still well drained.

Some showy western species, such as Hakea multilineata, H. francisiana and H. bucculenta
Hakea bucculenta
Hakea bucculenta is a large shrub in the Proteaceae family that is indigenous to the area between Shark Bay and Geraldton in Western Australia...

, require grafting
Grafting
Grafting is a horticultural technique whereby tissues from one plant are inserted into those of another so that the two sets of vascular tissues may join together. This vascular joining is called inosculation...

 onto hardy stock such as Hakea salicifolia
Hakea salicifolia
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 12 cm long. New growth on the Willow-leaved Hakea has a pleasant rose colouring...

for growing in more humid climates, as they are sensitive to dieback
Phytophthora cinnamomi
Phytophthora cinnamomi is a soil-borne water mould that produces an infection which causes a condition in plants called root rot or dieback. The plant pathogen is one of the world's most invasive species and is present in over 70 countries from around the world.- Life cycle and effects on plants :P...

.

Many species, particularly (but not always) Eastern Australian species, are notable for their hardiness, to the point they have become weedy. Hakea gibbosa
Hakea gibbosa
Hakea gibbosa, commonly known as the Hairy Hakea or Rock Hakea, is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to southeastern Australia. It has become an environmental weed in South Africa, where it had been introduced for use as a hedge plant, and New Zealand....

, H. sericea
Hakea sericea
Hakea sericea, commonly known as Needlebush or Silky Hakea, is a large species of shrub native to Australia. It is native to New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania but is found outside these states. It grows up to as a spreading and bushy shrub, flowering from winter to early spring.H...

and H. drupacea
Hakea drupacea
Hakea drupacea, commonly known as Sweet Hakea, is a shrub which is native to south west Western Australia.-Description:Sweet Hakea is erect in habit, growing to between 1 and 4 metres tall. It has white flowers which appear between early autumn and early winter...

(previously H. suaveolens) have been weeds in South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

, Hakea laurina
Hakea laurina
Hakea laurina is a plant of Southwest Australia that is widely cultivated and admired. The species is often referred to as Kodjet, Pincushion Hakea, and Emu Bush...

has become naturalized around Adelaide
Adelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...

, and Hakea salicifolia
Hakea salicifolia
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 12 cm long. New growth on the Willow-leaved Hakea has a pleasant rose colouring...

, Hakea gibbosa
Hakea gibbosa
Hakea gibbosa, commonly known as the Hairy Hakea or Rock Hakea, is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to southeastern Australia. It has become an environmental weed in South Africa, where it had been introduced for use as a hedge plant, and New Zealand....

 and Hakea sericea
Hakea sericea
Hakea sericea, commonly known as Needlebush or Silky Hakea, is a large species of shrub native to Australia. It is native to New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania but is found outside these states. It grows up to as a spreading and bushy shrub, flowering from winter to early spring.H...

 are invasive weeds in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

.

Species

  • Hakea actites (Mulloway Needlebush, Wallum Hakea)
  • Hakea aculeata (Column Hakea)
  • Hakea acuminata
  • Hakea adnata
  • Hakea aenigma
  • Hakea ambigua
  • Hakea amplexicaulis
    Hakea amplexicaulis
    Hakea amplexicaulis is a shrub which is native to south west Western Australia.Prickly Hakea is erect in habit, growing to a height of . It has leaves with prickly edges which envelope the stems...

    (Prickly Hakea)
  • Hakea anadenia
  • Hakea arborescens (Yellow Hakea, Arrarruwurra (Groote Eylandt), Derinding (Kununurra))
  • Hakea archaeoides
    Hakea archaeoides
    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...

  • Hakea asperma
  • Hakea auriculata
  • Hakea bakeriana
    Hakea bakeriana
    Hakea bakeriana is a shrub which is endemic to forest and heathland areas on the central coast of New South Wales , Australia. It is threatened by urban and road development....

  • Hakea baxteri (Fan Hakea)
  • Hakea bicornata
  • Hakea brachyptera (Short-winged Hakea)
  • Hakea brownii (Fan-leaf Hakea)
  • Hakea bucculenta
    Hakea bucculenta
    Hakea bucculenta is a large shrub in the Proteaceae family that is indigenous to the area between Shark Bay and Geraldton in Western Australia...

    (Red Pokers)
  • Hakea candolleana
  • Hakea carinata
  • Hakea ceratophylla (Horned-leaf Hakea, Staghorn Hakea)
  • Hakea chordophylla
    Hakea chordophylla
    Hakea chordophylla, commonly known as bootlace oak, bootlace tree, corkwood, or bull oak, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae found in central and northern Australia....

    (Bootlace Oak, Bull Oak, Corkwood)
  • Hakea chromatropa
    Hakea chromatropa
    Hakea chromatropa is a species of shrub found in Southwest Australia. The distribution is restricted to an area around Wongan Hills, where it is found on gravelly loam in open shrubland...

  • Hakea cinerea (Ashy Hakea, Grey Hakea)
  • Hakea circumalata
  • Hakea clavata
    Hakea clavata
    Hakea clavata is a Western Australian shrub. A common name for the species is Coastal Hakea, the epithet clavata refers to club-shape of the leaves....

    (Coastal Hakea)
  • Hakea collina
  • Hakea commutata
  • Hakea conchifolia (Shell-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea constablei
  • Hakea corymbosa
    Hakea corymbosa
    Hakea corymbosa , or Cauliflower Hakea, is a shrub which isendemic 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...

    (Cauliflower Hakea)
  • Hakea costata (Ribbed Hakea)
  • Hakea crassifolia
  • Hakea cristata
    Hakea cristata
    Hakea cristata, known as Snail Hakea, is a shrub species that occurs in Southwest Australia. It is specifically associated with lateritic soils and granite outcrops in the Jarrah forests of the Darling Scarp.-References:* Young, J.A...

  • Hakea cucullata (Cup Hakea, Hooded Hakea, Scallops Hakea)
  • Hakea cyclocarpa (Curved Fruit Hakea. Ram's Horn, Wild Bean)
  • Hakea cycloptera
    Hakea cycloptera
    Hakea cycloptera, commonly known as Elm-seed Hakea, is a shrub which is native to Australia. It was named by botanist Robert Brown in 1810....

    (Elm-seed Hakea)
  • Hakea cygna
    Hakea cygna
    Hakea cygna is a Western Australian shrub.The shrubby species is nonsprouting, erect, 0.4 to 2.0 m, with branchlets that become densely haired in the flowering period....

    (Swan-fruit Hakea)
  • Hakea dactyloides
    Hakea dactyloides
    Hakea dactyloides, commonly known as the Finger Hakea, is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to southeastern Australia. Two subspecies are recognised,...

    (Broad-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea denticulata
    Hakea denticulata
    Hakea denticulata, commonly known as Stinking Roger, is a shrub tree endemic southern Western Australia. One of the many species of Australian plant described by the botanist Robert Brown, it is a compact shrub up to 1 or 2 metres high and wide with red flowers in the spring, of a powerful...

    (Stinking Roger)
  • Hakea decurrens
    Hakea decurrens
    Hakea decurrens, commonly known as Bushy Needlewood, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae. It is erect in habit, growing to between 0.3 and 5 metres tall. The leaves are 1.5 to 8 cm long and 0.7 to 1.6 mm wide. The species is native and widespread in New South Wales,...

  • Hakea divaricata (Corkbark, Needlewood)
  • Hakea dohertyi
  • Hakea drupacea
    Hakea drupacea
    Hakea drupacea, commonly known as Sweet Hakea, is a shrub which is native to south west Western Australia.-Description:Sweet Hakea is erect in habit, growing to between 1 and 4 metres tall. It has white flowers which appear between early autumn and early winter...

    (previously H. suaveolens- Sweet-scented Hakea)
  • Hakea elliptica (Oval-leaf Halea)
  • Hakea edneiana (Flinders Range Hakea, Yantana, Yandena)
  • Hakea eneabba
  • Hakea epiglottis
    Hakea epiglottis
    Hakea epiglottis is a species of shrub in the family Proteaceae, endemic to Tasmania. It grows to 3 metres tall, with leaves which are 1.5 to 7.5 cm long and 1 to 2 mm wide. The young leaves are covered in rust-coloured hairs, which distinguishes this species from the similar Hakea megadenia.There...

  • Hakea erecta
  • Hakea eriantha (Tree Hakea)
  • Hakea erinacea
    Hakea erinacea
    Hakea erinacea is a perennial shrub, endemic to south-west Western Australia.Hakea erinacea is erect in habit, with spiny leaves, and grows to over 1.5 metres in height and about the same width. The flowers are cream to white in colour with red to purple pistils and are produced between May and...

    (Hedgehog Hakea)
  • Hakea eyreana (Straggly Corkbark, Fork-leaved Ironwood)
  • Hakea falcata (Sickle Hakea)
  • Hakea ferruginea
  • Hakea flabellifolia (Wedge Hakea)
  • Hakea florida (Summer Snow)
  • Hakea florulenta
  • Hakea francisiana (Bottlebrush Hakea, Emu Tree, Grass Leaf Hakea, Narakulja)
  • Hakea fraseri (Gorge Hakea)
  • Hakea gibbosa
    Hakea gibbosa
    Hakea gibbosa, commonly known as the Hairy Hakea or Rock Hakea, is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to southeastern Australia. It has become an environmental weed in South Africa, where it had been introduced for use as a hedge plant, and New Zealand....

    (Hairy Hakea, Rock Hakea)
  • Hakea gilbertii (Gilbert's Hakea)
  • Hakea grammatophylla
  • Hakea hastata
  • Hakea hookeriana (Barren Range Hakea)
  • Hakea horrida
  • Hakea ilicifolia (Holly-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea incrassata (Marble Hakea)
  • Hakea invaginata
  • Hakea ivoryi (Ivory's Hakea, Corkbark Corkwood)
  • Hakea kippistiana
  • Hakea laevipes
    Hakea laevipes
    Hakea laevipes is a shrub native to New South Wales in eastern Australia....

  • Hakea lasiantha (Woolly-flowered Hakea)
  • Hakea lasianthoides
  • Hakea lasiocarpha (Long-styled Hakea)
  • Hakea laurina
    Hakea laurina
    Hakea laurina is a plant of Southwest Australia that is widely cultivated and admired. The species is often referred to as Kodjet, Pincushion Hakea, and Emu Bush...

    (Kodjet, Pincushion Hakea)
  • Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea)
  • Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood Hakea, Pin Bush, Water Tree, Ilpeye (Arrernte))
  • Hakea linearis
  • Hakea lissocarpha (Honeybush Hakea)
  • Hakea lissosperma (Mountain Needlewood)
  • Hakea longiflora
  • Hakea loranthifolia
  • Hakea lorea
    Hakea lorea
    Hakea lorea, commonly known as bootlace oak or cork tree, is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae found in central and northern Australia....

    (Corkwood, Witinti)
  • Hakea maconochieana
  • Hakea macraeana
    Hakea macraeana
    Hakea macraeana, commonly known as the willow needlewood or Macrae's hakea, is a species of shrub native to eastern Australia. The species was first formally described by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1886 in the Australian Journal of Pharmacy...

    (Willow Needlewood)
  • Hakra macrocarpa (Dyaridany, Jaradinty)
  • Hakea macrorhyncha
  • Hakea marginata
  • Hakea megadenia
  • Hakea megalosperma (Lesueur Hakea)
  • Hakea meisneriana
  • Hakea microcarpa (Small fruit Hakea, Adam's Needle)
  • Hakea minyma
    Hakea minyma
    Hakea minyma is a species of shrub that is native to Australia. It has a rounded habit, usually growing to between 1.2 and 3 metres with long, narrow leaves. Cream or pink flowers are produced in axillary racemose inflorescences between August and November in its native range.The species was first...

  • Hakea mitchellii
  • Hakea muelleriana (Desert Hakea)
  • Hakea multilineata (Grass-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea myrtoides
    Hakea myrtoides
    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 1 cm...

    (Myrtle Hakea)
  • Hakea neurophylla (Pink-flowered Hakea)
  • Hakea newbeyana
  • Hakea nitida (Frog Hakea, Shining Hakea, Tjiridi)
  • Hakea nodosa
    Hakea nodosa
    Hakea nodosa, commonly known as Yellow Hakea, is a shrub which is native to Australia.-Description:Sweet Hakea is erect in habit, usually growing to about 3 metres tall and a similar width...

    (Yellow Hakea)
  • Hakea obliqua (Needles & Corks)
  • Hakea obtusa
  • Hakea ochroptera
    Hakea ochroptera
    Hakea ochroptera is a species of shrub that is native to eastern Australia. The species was first formally described by South Australian botanist Bill Barker in 1996. Found near Dorrigo in northern New South Wales, it was separated from the similar species H. macraeana....

  • Hakea oleifolia (Dungyn, Olive-leaf Hakea)
  • Hakea orthorrhyncha
    Hakea orthorrhyncha
    Hakea orthorrhyncha, commonly known as Bird Beak Hakea, is a shrub which is endemic to the Murchison River area of Western Australia....

    (Bird Beak Hakea)
  • Hakea pachyphylla
    Hakea pachyphylla
    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...

  • Hakea pandanicarpa (Thick-leaved Hakea. Screw-Pine Hakea)
  • Hakea pedunculata
  • Hakea pendens
  • Hakea persiehana
  • Hakea petiolaris
    Hakea petiolaris
    Hakea petiolaris, commonly known as the Sea-urchin Hakea, is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to the south west of Western Australia in a range between Wongan Hills and Hyden usually associated with granite outcrops and hills....

    (Sea-urchin Hakea)
  • Hakea platysperma
    Hakea platysperma
    Hakea platysperma, commonly known as the Cricket Ball Hakea or Woody Peach, is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to south western Western Australia. It is most notable for its large woody fruit which are used in the cut flower industry, and resembling cricket balls gives the species its...

    (Cricket Ball Hakea, Talking Women, Woody Peach)
  • Hakea plurinervia
  • Hakea polyanthema
  • Hakea preissii (Christmas Hakea, Needle Bush, Needle Tree)
  • Hakea pritzelii
  • Hakea propinqua
  • Hakea prostrata
    Hakea prostrata
    Hakea prostrata is a species of shrub that is native to the south-west of Western Australia. Plants grow to between 1 and 3 metres in height and have leaves with prickly edges...

    (Harsh Hakea)
  • Hakea psilorrhyncha (Needles and Corks)
  • Hakea pulvinifera
  • Hakea purpurea
    Hakea purpurea
    Hakea purpurea is a shrub which is endemic to Queensland and New South Wales in Australia.It grows to about 1 to 3 metres in height and has reddish-purple flowers that appear in spring. These are followed by ovoid woody seed capsules which are approximately 1.5 cm wide...

  • Hakea pycnoneura
  • Hakea recurva (Djanokmurd, Standback)
  • Hakea repullulans
  • Hakea rhombales (Walukara)
  • Hakea rigida
  • Hakea rostrata (Beaked Hakea, Turkey Gobblers, Kidney Bush)
  • Hakea rugosa
    Hakea rugosa
    Hakea rugosa, commonly known as the wrinkled hakea, is a shrub of the Proteaceae family native to Australia. it was first described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown....

    (Dwarf hakea, Wrinkled Hakea)
  • Hakea ruscifolia (Candle-spike Hakea)
  • Hakea salicifolia
    Hakea salicifolia
    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 12 cm long. New growth on the Willow-leaved Hakea has a pleasant rose colouring...

    (Willow-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea scoparia
    Hakea scoparia
    Hakea scoparia is a shrub which is endemic to shrubland in south-west Western Australia.It grows up to 3 metres in height and has pinkish-cream coloured flowers in axillary clusters which appear from autumn to early spring followed by woody seed capsules which are approximately 2 cm long...

  • Hakea sericea
    Hakea sericea
    Hakea sericea, commonly known as Needlebush or Silky Hakea, is a large species of shrub native to Australia. It is native to New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania but is found outside these states. It grows up to as a spreading and bushy shrub, flowering from winter to early spring.H...

    (Needlebush)
  • Hakea smilacifolia
  • Hakea spathulata
  • Hakea standleyensis
  • Hakea stenocarpa (Narrow-fruited Hakea)
  • Hakea stenophylla
  • Hakea strumosa
  • Hakea subsulcata
  • Hakea sulcata (Furrowed Hakes)
  • Hakea teretifolia
    Hakea teretifolia
    Hakea teretifolia, commonly known as the Dagger Hakea, is a species of woody shrub of the Proteaceae family common on heathlands in coastal Eastern Australia from Northern New South Wales through to Victoria and Tasmania...

    (Dagger Hakea)
  • Hakea tephrosperma
    Hakea tephrosperma
    Hakea tephrosperma, commonly known as Hooked Needlewood, is a shrub or small tree species in the family Proteaceae. It grows to 8 metres high and has terete leaves that are 2 to 9 cm long and 1 to 1.6 mm wide...

    (Hooked Needlewood, Striped Hakea)
  • Hakea trifurcata
    Hakea trifurcata
    Hakea trifurcata is a perennial shrub, endemic to south-west Western Australia....

    (Two-leaf Hakea)
  • Hakea trineura
  • Hakea tuberculata
  • Hakea undulata
    Hakea undulata
    Hakea undulata is a species of shrub that is native to south west Western Australia. It is also naturalised in South Australia. Plants are erect and often straggly in habit, growing to between 1 and 2 metres in height and has leaves with scalloped edges...

    (Wavy-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea ulicina
    Hakea ulicina
    Hakea ulicina is a shrub in the family Proteaceae, native to Australia. It is erect in habit, growing to between 2 and 5 metres tall. It has long, narrow leaves which are 3 to 18 cm long and 1 to 4 mm wide...

  • Hakea varia (Variable-leaved Hakea)
  • Hakea verrucosa
  • Hakea victoria
    Hakea victoria
    Hakea victoria, with common names Royal Hakea and Lantern Hakea, is a shrub which is native to Western Australia and noted for its ornamental foliage.-Description:...

    (Lantern Hakea, Royal Hakea)
  • Hakea vittata

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