Hakea ambigua
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| Hakea ambigua | |
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| Hakea ambigua in the Stirling Range National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. ambigua |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea ambigua | |
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| Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hakea trinervis Meisn. | |
Hakea ambigua is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. In favourable conditions may grow into an attractive weeping shrub with creamy white flowers. Only found in the Stirling Ranges of southern Western Australia.
Hakea ambigua is a non lignotuberous upright opened branched shrub to 1 to 3 m (3 to 10 ft) tall with smooth grey bark. Smaller branches hairy. Smooth mid-green leaves are arranged alternately on the stem 40–100 mm (2–4 in) long and 5–18 mm (0.2–0.7 in) wide. Leaves are wider in the middle with three longitudinal veins on both sides ending in a blunt point. Pedicels 3–4 mm (0.1–0.2 in) long, perianth is 5–6 mm (0.2–0.2 in) long and smooth, the style without hairs. The sweetly scented creamy white or yellow flowers, occasionally with a pink tinge, appear in the leaf axils from August to October. The smooth rounded fruit are up to 4 cm (2 in) long by 1–1.5 cm (0.39–0.59 in) wide and taper to a prominent beak. Hakea ambigua may be used for erosion control, hedging and wildlife habitat.[2][3][4]