Hakea amplexicaulis

taxobox
name = Prickly Hakea

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image_caption = "Hakea amplexicaulis" near Mundaring Weir, Western Australia
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Hakea"
species = "H. amplexicaulis"
binomial = "Hakea amplexicaulis"
binomial_authority = R.Br.
synonyms = "Hakea amplexicaulis" R.Br. var. "amplexicaulis"
"Hakea amplexicaulis" var. "latifolia" Meisn.
"Hakea triformis" Lindl.
"Hakea amplexicaulis" var. "angustifolia" Meisn.
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"Hakea amplexicaulis" (Prickly Hakea) is a shrub which is native to south west Western Australia.

Prickly Hakea is erect in habit, growing to between 1 and 3 metres tall. It has leaves with prickly edges which envelope the stems. White flowers are produced between August and November in its native range.

The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London" in 1810.

References

*cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=HAKEA+AMPLEXICAULIS|title= "Hakea amplexicaulis"|accessdate=2008-08-23|work= Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra
*FloraBase|name= "Hakea amplexicaulis" |id=2128