Hakea drupacea, commonly known as Sweet Hakea, is a shrub which is native to south west

Southwest Australia

Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...

 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...

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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 (March to June in Australia). These are followed by
woody seed capsules that are 20 to 25 mm long and 15 to 19 mm wide.

Taxonomy

The species was first described by Carl Friedrich von Gaertner in 1807, and given the name Conchium drupaceum. It was also formerly known as Hakea suaveolens.

Distribution

The species occurs in 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...

 - mainly as a coastal species - between Albany and east of Cape Arid - and on the Recherche Archipelago Islands. The species is naturalised in South Africa, where it is known as soethakea, and New Zealand.