Hakea purpurea
species of plant
Hakea purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It grows in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia. It is a small shrub with needle-shaped leaves and clusters of red flowers in late winter to early spring.
Description
Hakea purpurea is a dense, upright, slightly spreading shrub 0.3–3 m (1–10 ft) high and 1 m (3 ft) wide. The branchlets are either smooth or with flattened, silky hairs. The leaves are needle-shaped and divide toward the apex into 2–7 segments that are 1.6–9.5 cm (0.63–3.74 in) long and 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) wide and end in a sharp point 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. The leaves are thickly covered in short, matted, white or rusty coloured hairs quickly becoming smooth. Profuse reddish-purple flowers up to 3 cm (1 in) long appear in spring in thick clusters in the leaf axils, sometimes on old wood. These are followed by smoothish ovoid woody seed capsules that are approximately 1.5 cm (0.6 in) wide ending with an upturned beak.
Taxonomy and naming
Hakea purpurea was first formally described by William Jackson Hooker in 1848 and published the description in Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia.
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