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Hakea laurina
Also called Gold Dust Hakea, Pincushion Hakea, Pincushion Plant
Hakea laurina is an upright shrub or small tree from southwest Western Australia, grown for its striking pincushion flowers in red, pink or cream. Give it full sun and well-drained soil, and it tolerates many soil types and some frost.
Hakea laurina is a shrub or small tree commonly known as kodjet or pin-cushion hakea and is endemic to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is kodjet or kojet. It has red and cream conspicuous globular flowers and lance shaped leaves.
The plant, which is propagated from seeds, is used in cultivation in the eastern states of Australia, and as a hedging or street plant in America and Italy. Adaptable to a number of soil types, the plant is also tolerant of frost. The uses of this species include ornament and shading in public streets, wildlife habitat, windbreaks, and control of soil erosion.
Pincushion hakea is endemic to the coastal southwest of Western Australia, the northernmost range being Narrogin and extending east to Esperance.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hakea laurina 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.
