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PLANT FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Description
Hakea archaeoides is a large shrub or small tree. It produces clusters of red and yellow flowers from spring to early summer. The flower racemes develop in the leaf axils on older wood and are up to 80mm long. The fruit is woody capsules about 3cm to 4cm long. The leaves are oblong with three conspicuous longitudinal veins and grow to 25cm long and 1cm to 3cm wide. The flowers occur in spring to early summer forming pendulous . Hakea archaeoides is closely related to Hakea trineura which is restricted to the Rockhampton region of Queensland.
Habitat
open forest
Distribution
north coast of New South Wales.
Growth Characteristics
Height: 5m - 7m
Spread: 3m - 4m
Wildlife Interest
good bird refuge plant. The flowers are attractive to honeyeating birds
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Proteales | | Family: | Proteaceae | | Genus: | Hakea | | Species: | archaeoides |
Relatives in same Genus
Hakea bakeriana
Hakea bucculenta
Hakea decurrens
Hakea drupacea
Hakea myrtoides
Hakea oleifolia
Hakea petiolaris
Hakea plurinervia
Hakea scoparia
Hakea teretifolia
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