- Hakea ulicina
taxobox
name = Furze Hakea
image_caption = "Hakea ulicina"
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
ordo =Proteales
familia =Proteaceae
genus = "Hakea "
species = "H. ulicina"
binomial = "Hakea ulicina"
binomial_authority = R.Br.|"Hakea ulicina" (Furze Hakea) is a shrub in the family
Proteaceae , native toAustralia . It is erect in habit, growing to between 2 and 5 metres tall.cite book|author=Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A.| title=Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas| publisher=Bloomings Books|location= Australia | year=2001 | id=ISBN 1876473142] It has long, narrow leaves which are 3 to 18 cm long and 1 to 4 mm wide. White conflorescences appear in the leaf axils in spring.NSW Flora Online|author= R.M. Barker, G.J. Harden, L. Haegi & W.R. Barker |genus=Hakea |species= ulicina ]The species was first formally described by Robert Brown in "
Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiaen " in 1830. [cite web |url=http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=HAKEA+ULICINA|title= "Hakea ulicina"|accessdate=2008-08-31|work=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database|publisher = Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra]References
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