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Hakea horrida
Hakea horrida is a shrub in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to an area in the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia. It is a small dense shrub, extremely prickly with large creamy white scented flowers.[2] .jpg)  DescriptionThe intricately branched spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 2 metres (2.0 to 6.6 ft). A very dense and impenetrable species due to its extremely prickly foliage. The leaves are rigid, 4–10 cm (2–4 in) long, prominently grooved and narrow with 5-7 sharply toothed lobes. It blooms from August to October and produces large scented white to cream flowers in clusters in the leaf axils. They may appear in a raceme of up 22 flowers. The smooth to roughish fruit are ovoid 2 cm (0.8 in) long by 1.5 cm (0.6 in) wide with two distinct slightly incurving beaks.[3][4] Taxonomy and namingThis species was formally described by Robyn Mary Barker in 1990.[2] It is named from the Latin horridus- prickly, referring to the extremely sharp point on the leaf.[3] Distribution and habitatHakea horrida grows from Kondinin south to Lake Grace and east to Esperance in heath and scrubland on sandy-loam with lateritic gravel.[3] Conservation statusHakea horrida is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government.[2] References
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