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Hakea tephrosperma, commonly known as hooked needlewood, is an Australian shrub or small tree species in the family Proteaceae. It has cream flowers, needle-shaped leaves and is one of the taller species in its genus, adaptable for dry to temperate locations.
Hooked needlewood is a widespread species occurring in drier areas of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. It grows in open spinifex and blue-bush (Maireana species) shrubland as an individual tree or in dense thickets on coarse soils. The hooked needlewood is an adaptable species for dry to temperate locations but rarely seen in cultivation.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hakea tephrosperma 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.
