Hakea verrucosa

Hakea verrucosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species: H. verrucosa
Binomial name
Hakea verrucosa
F.Muell.

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 Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ "Hakea verrucosa". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 4/8/2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.