Hakea scoparia is a shrub which is endemic to shrubland in south-west 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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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 and 1 cm wide. The leaves are narrow and up to 27 cm in length.

The species was first formally described in 1845 by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner

Carl Meissner

Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Swiss botanist.Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel...

 in Plantae Preissianae. His description was based on plant material collected from the environs of the Swan River

Swan River (Western Australia)

The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. Its lower reaches are relatively wide and deep, with few constrictions, while the upper reaches are usually quite narrow and shallow....

 by James Drummond

James Drummond

James Drummond may refer to:*James Drummond, 1st Baron Maderty*James Drummond , Bishop of Brechin*James Drummond , Scottish-born botanist and naturalist, early settler in Western Australia....

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