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Australian shrubs and small trees with evergreen usually spiny leaves and dense clusters of showy flowers
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hakea
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Hakea ( pincushion tree ) is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae , native to Australia . They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia . They can ...
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n. A shrub of the genus (taxlink Hakea genus noshow=1).
Usage examples of hakea.
Hakea flower totem in the Arunta tribe, as to which it may be premised that a decoction of the Hakea flower is a favourite drink of the natives.
The Bunyip tore through the swamp, over the sandy patch where the prickly hakeas grew and the leptospermums and the banksias were in flower, and pretty blooms like the Actinotus and Thysonotus and Dillwynia and Tetratheca were glowing gaily.