Hakea dactyloides (Gaertn.) Cav.

Finger Hakea

Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves linear to lanceolate or oblanceolate, mostly 5-10 cm long, up to 2 cm wide, sometimes larger, with 3 or more longitudinal veins and a hard tip. Flower clusters axillary with numerous flowers. Flowers cream or pink, hairless; spring to early summer. Fruit ovoid or obovoid to 2-3 cm long, 1.5-2 cm wide, warty and with a short beak.

Qld, NSW, Vic.

Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Hakea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.