Hakea myrtoides

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Hakea myrtoides

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Hakea
Species: H. myrtoides
Binomial name
Hakea myrtoides
Meisn.

Hakea myrtoides or Myrtle Hakea is a shrub endemic to the woodlands of the Darling Range near Perth in Western Australia.

It grows to between 0.3 and 0.9 metres in height and has pink flowers that appear in winter and early spring followed by small woody seed capsules that are less than 1cm in diameter. The leaves are small, elliptical and myrtle-like (hence myrtiodes) and are about 2cm in length and end in a point. In cultivation the plant in often grafted onto Hakea salicifolia, which enables it to grow in a wider variety of soil conditions.

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