- Hakea petiolaris
taxobox
name = Hakea petiolaris
regnum =Plantae
unranked_divisio =Angiosperms
unranked_classis =Eudicots
ordo =Proteales
familia =Proteaceae
genus = "Hakea "
species = "H. petiolaris"
binomial = "Hakea petiolaris"
binomial_authority = Meisn.|"Hakea petiolaris", or Sea-urchin Hakea, is a shrub or small tree which is endemic to the south-west of
Western Australia .It has three sub species.
It grows up to 9 metres in height and has pink and cream coloured flowers in globular clusters which appear from autumn to winter, followed by woody seed capsules which are 2 to 3.5 cm long and 1 to 2 cm wide. The leaves have a distinctive pale-grey colour and are 5.5 to 15 cm long and 2.5 to 6 cm wide.
References
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* [http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/h-pet.html Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants: "Hakea petiolaris"]Further reading
Young, Jennifer 2000 "Hakeas of Western Australia : botanical districts of Irwin and Darling - the Northern Sandplains and the South-west Forest" West Perth, W.A.. ISBN 0958577803
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