Hakea teretifolia

Dagger hakea
Hakea teretifolia in Botany Bay National Park near Kurnell
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species:
H. teretifolia
Binomial name
Hakea teretifolia
(Salisb.) Britten
Synonyms
  • Banksia teretifolia Salisb.
  •  ? Hakea longifolia Dum.Cours.
  • Lambertia teretifolia C.F.Gaertn. nom. illeg.

Hakea teretifolia, commonly known as the dagger hakea, is a species of woody shrub of the family Proteaceae and is common on heathlands in coastal eastern Australia from northern New South Wales through to Victoria and Tasmania. A very prickly shrub, it is rarely cultivated but easy to grow.

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