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Hakea sulcata, furrowed hakea, is a small prickly shrub from southwest Western Australia with needle-like grooved leaves and fragrant white flowers. It suits a sunny, well-drained spot and tolerates dry conditions once established.
Hakea sulcata, commonly known as furrowed hakea, is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a prickly shrub with grooved, cylindrical leaves, sweetly-scented flowers and relatively small fruit.
Furrowed hakea is endemic to an area in the South West, Great Southern and the Goldfields–Esperance regions of Western Australia from Gingin in the north to Albany in the south, Augusta in the west and Esperance in the east. It grows in sandy or clay soils over or around areas of laterite.
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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.
