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Lesueur Hakea

Hakea megalosperma

Lesueur Hakea
Photo: MargaretRDonald, CC BY-SA 4.0

Lesueur hakea is a low spreading shrub from the Western Australian Wheatbelt, known for strongly scented white or pink flowers. It is a rare, endangered species best grown in full sun with excellent drainage, and it is rarely cultivated outside its native range.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; allow soil to dry out between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or lateritic soil; tolerates poor nutrient levels.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean-type climate; tolerates light frost, protect below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia

About

Hakea megalosperma, commonly known as Lesueur hakea, is a shrub of the genus Hakea native to a small area along the west coast in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with sweetly fragrant white or pink flowers, darkening as they age to red and thick egg-shaped bluish-green leaves.

Where it grows

Lesueur hakea is a rare and endangered species growing on lateritic sand plains in low heathland from Jurien Bay to Mount Lesueur Western Australia.

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 megalosperma 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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