Hakea hookeriana

Hakea hookeriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Grevilleoideae
Genus: Hakea
Species: H. hookeriana
Binomial name
Hakea hookeriana
Meisn.

Hakea hookeriana, commonly known as the Barren Range hakea,[1] is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to an area in weastern part of Fitzgerald River National Park along the south coast of the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

The erect open shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 5 metres (3.3 to 16.4 ft). The narrow obovate leaves are 7 to 13 centimetres (2.8 to 5.1 in) long and 10 to 25 millimetres (0.4 to 1.0 in) wide.

It produces white or cream-yellow flowers from September to January.

The species is named for William Jackson Hooker.[2]

References

  1. "Hakeas". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 1 October 1999. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  2. "Factsheet - Hakea hookeriana". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
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