| Hakea florida | |
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| Hakea florida in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. florida |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea florida | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Hakea florida is a shrub in the family Proteacea . It is endemic to an area along the south coast in the South West, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. [2]
The erect, prickly, bushy shrub typically grows to a height of 0.9 to 2.5 metres (3.0 to 8.2 ft) with smooth soft grey bark. Profuse blooms appear from October to January and produces strongly scented white-cream flowers in the leaf axils. The sharp pointed leaves are sparse, widely spaced, thick and linear-lanceolate with a central vein. The warty fruit are large and rounded up to 2–3 cm (0.8–1 in) long and 2.5 cm (1 in) wide, ending in two distinct horns. A very showy shrub in full bloom. [3] [4]
Hakea florida was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London . [5] [6] It is named from the Latin fluorides-many flowered, referring to the profuse showy flowers. [2] [3]
Occurs from Manjimup south coast to Denmark east to the Fitzgerald River National Park. [4] Hakea florida grows on sand, loam, clayey sand, gravel, laterite and granite. May be grown in sun or semi-shade, it is frost and drought tolerant. [2] [3]
Hakea florida is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government. [2]
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