Family: Proteaceae
Plant: A prickly spreading shrub up to 1.5m high.
Flowers: Masses of small white irregular flowers with a prominent projecting style borne in axillary clusters of about 6 flowers.
Flowering: September-February
Fruit: Brownish-grey dagger-shaped woody follicle, 2-3cm long, 6-8mm wide, and tapering to a long pointed beak.
Leaves: Crowded needle-like 1-7cm long and 2mm wide with a sharply-pointed tip.
Habitat: Common in damp areas in heathland.
Features: Needle-like prickly leaves. Woody follicle with long beak. Heavily-scented flowers in clusters of 1-6
Name:
Hakea After the German patron of botany Baron Hake of Hanover
teretifolia From Latin = cylindrical-leaved
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Type |
Shrub |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
White |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
- |
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Flowering Month |
1, 2, 9, 10, 11, |
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12 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Other |
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Colour |
Grey, Brown |
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Other Features |
Woody |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Needle-like |
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Length |
Short, Medium |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Sharp-tip, |
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Tapered-tip |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Heathland |
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