Hakea trifurcata
| Two-leaved Hakea | |
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| Hakea trifurcata at John Forrest National Park, Western Australia | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. trifurcata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea trifurcata (Sm.) R.Br. | |
Hakea trifurcata (Two-leaf or Two-leaved Hakea) (Common name Kerosine Bush) is a perennial shrub, endemic to south-west Western Australia.
Hakea trifurcata is rounded or open in habit, with both terete (needle-like) and flat, elliptic to obovate leaves. It grows to 3 metres in height and to about the same width. The flowers are cream, white or pink, often with red styles.[1][2] Flowers appear between April and October, being nectar producing with a strong sweet secent sweet s [3]
Two-leaved Hakea usually lacks a lignotuber and will grow in a variety of soils.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Holliday, Ivan (2005). Hakeas: A Field and Garden Guide. Sydney: Reed New Holland. ISBN 1-877069-14-0.
- ↑ "Hakea trifurcata (Sm.) R.Br.". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- ↑
- Young, Jennifer (Jennifer Ann), (2006) Hakeas of Western Australia : a field and identification guide Perth, W.A. J. A. Young. ISBN 978-0-9585778-2-3 - pp.113 - Young also has flowering season as June - October, while Florabase has April - October )
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