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Broad Leaved Hakea

Hakea laevipes

Also called Finger Hakea

Broad Leaved Hakea
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. New South Wales

About

Hakea laevipes is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. A widespread species found growing on Australian coastal and tableland locations mainly in eastern New South Wales, with scattered populations in south-eastern Queensland.

Where it grows

Hakea laevipes is a widespread species growing from the coast to tablelands in N.S.W mostly on sandy soils in dry sclerophyll forest, woodland and heath. It is found to the north of Green Cape and inland to the Warialda and Yetman districts. It also grows in south-eastern Queensland.

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 laevipes 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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