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Bird beak hakea (Hakea cucullata)

Description

Hakea cucullata is an erect shrub growing to a height of 1–4 metres (3–10 ft) with few branches. The young branches are densely covered with short hairs and the flowering stems have dark brown hairs. The leaves are 37–75 millimetres (1–3 in) long, 38–90 millimetres (1–4 in) wide, broad egg-shaped and often with wavy or finely toothed margins. The leaves are pale green in colour, more or less overlap and are distincively cupped around the stem, and in the flowering season cupped around the flowers and later the fruits

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Hakea