Hakea amplexicaulis
| Prickly Hakea | |
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| Hakea amplexicaulis near Mundaring Weir, Western Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. amplexicaulis |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea amplexicaulis R.Br. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hakea amplexicaulis R.Br. var. amplexicaulis | |
Hakea amplexicaulis (Prickly Hakea) is a shrub which is native to south west Western Australia.
Prickly Hakea is erect in habit, growing to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft). It has leaves with prickly edges which envelope the stems. White flowers are produced between August and November in its native range.[1]
The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1810.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hakea amplexicaulis". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ↑ "Hakea amplexicaulis". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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