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Hakea ambigua

Hakea ambigua
Photo: Ian McMaster, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Hakea ambigua is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. In favourable conditions may grow into an attractive weeping shrub with creamy white flowers. Only found in the Stirling Ranges of southern Western Australia.

Where it grows

Hakea ambigua is found in areas along the south coast in the Great Southern and South West regions of Western Australia. The bulk of the population is confined to the Stirling Range. It is found on hillslopes, growing mostly in shrubland and mallee in sandy rocky quartzitic soil and gravelly loam. It requires a sunny aspect on a well-drained site.

Other Hakea plants

Mulloway Needle Bush · Column Hakea · Hakea acuminata · Hakea adnata · Enigma Hakea · Prickly Hakea · Hakea anadenia · Yellow Hakea · Big Nellie Hakea · Hakea asperma · Hakea auriculata · Hakea bakeriana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hakea ambigua by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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