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Leaved hakea (Hakea undulata)

Description

Hakea undulata, commonly known as wavy-leaved hakea, is a shrub that is native to the south-west of Western Australia. It is also naturalised in South Australia. Plants are erect and often straggly in habit, growing to between 1 and 2 metres in height and has leaves with scalloped edges. Cream flowers are produced in axillary racemose inflorescences between July and October in its native range. The species was formally described by botanist Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1810.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Hakea