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Hakea verrucosa

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Hakea verrucosa
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H. verrucosa
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Hakea verrucosa

Hakea verrucosa is a shrub species in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-west Western Australia. Plants grow to between 0.8 and 3 metres high and produce pink to red and white flowers between May and August in the species native range.[1]

The species was first formally described in 1865 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller and published in the fifth volume of his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hakea verrucosa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  2. ^ "Hakea verrucosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 8 April 2012.