Hakea ruscifolia
species of plant
Hakea ruscifolia, commonly known as the candle hakea,
is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It has fragrant white flowers, arching branches and spiky foliage. It is endemic to an area in the Peel, Wheatbelt South West, Great Southern and the Goldfields–Esperance regions of Western Australia.
Description
Hakea ruscifolia is a dense shrub typically growing to 0.5 to 3 metres (2 to 10 ft) high, 1.5–2 m (5–7 ft) wide and forms a lignotuber. Usually branches grow in a columnar habit where the flowers envelop the stems. It blooms from December to June and produces sweetly scented white flowers in leaf axils on short lateral outer branchlets. Thickly crowded leaves are small and elliptic to obovate ending with a fine sharp point. Most leaves are 2–4 cm (0.8–2 in) long by under 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) wide. The relatively small fruit are smooth, compressed and ovoid shaped 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) long by under 1 cm (0.4 in) wide ending with a small beak.
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea ruscifolia was first formally described by Jacques Labillardiere in 1805 and the description was published in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.
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