Hakea myrtoides Meisn.

Myrtle Hakea

Spreading shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves elliptic, to about 2 cm long, 1 cm wide, needlepointed. Flower clusters axillary, few flowered. Flowers mauvish crimson. Fruit rough, with a curved beak.

A popular container plant.

WA.

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