Hakea gibbosa
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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.
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,...
family native to southeastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It has become an environmental weed in South Africa, where it had been introduced for use as a hedge plant, and New Zealand.