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Flinders Range Hakea

Hakea ednieana

Flinders Range Hakea
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY-SA 3.0

Flinders Range hakea is a multi-stemmed shrub or small tree of arid central Australia, growing 2 to 5 m tall with spiky grey-green leaves and cream-white flowers from September to December. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and little water once established.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Free-draining sandy or stony soil; tolerates poor, alkaline soils.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, dry summers and cool winters; protect from prolonged frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SC. Australia

About

Hakea ednieana commonly known as Flinders Range hakea or yandena, is a flowering plant in the Proteaceae family native to arid parts of central Australia. It has corky bark, grey-green spiky leaves and white, cream or yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Flinders Range hakea is endemic to an area in western New South Wales and the Flinders Ranges and Far North of South Australia. The plant is often situated on and around rocky cliff faces and along water courses in stony or sandy soils. It is common in South Australia but rare in New South Wales.

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 ednieana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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