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Stinking Roger

Hakea denticulata

Stinking Roger
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Hakea denticulata, commonly known as stinking Roger, is a species of shrub or tree endemic to southern Western Australia. It is one of the many species of Australian plant described by the botanist Robert Brown. It is a compact shrub 1–2 m (3–7 ft) high and wide with red flowers in the spring with an unpleasant odour.

How to grow it

Although the plant has attractive foliage and flowers, the latter's smell rather limits its use in cultivation.

Where it grows

Hakea denticulata occurs on Western Australia's southern coast from Albany to east of Esperance. It reaches the Stirling Range to the north. It is found on a range of soils from sand to gravel and even a heavier clay loam.

Other Hakea plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hakea denticulata 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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