Hakea dactyloides
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| Finger hakea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Hakea |
| Species: | H. dactyloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Hakea dactyloides | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
Hakea dactyloides, commonly known as the finger hakea,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Australia, where it is widely distributed, mainly in southeastern New South Wales. It is an attractive shrub or small tree for the home garden bearing sprays of cream-white flowers.
Hakea dactyloides is a non-lignotuberous upright single-stemmed bushy shrub or small tree 2.4–4.5 m (8–10 ft) tall. Small branches are smooth and generally pale, covered with short matted fine hairs at flowering. Leaves are long and narrow, widest in the middle, rarely narrowly egg-shaped or sickle shaped 3.9–13 cm (2–5 in) long and 5–14.5 mm (0.2–0.6 in) wide. The mid-green leaves taper to a point with three prominent longitudinal veins above and below. The solitary inflorescence has 20–38 white flowers on a short stalk with white flat silky hairs and rarely rust coloured. The sepals and petals are cream-white, the style 4–6.5 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long. Fruit are warty and egg-shaped with a slight curve 2.5–3.5 cm (1–1 in) long and 1.7–2.3 cm (0.7–0.9 in) wide ending with a sharp short point. Small white flowers often with a pink tinge appear along branches in axillary clusters from October to November.[3][2][4][5]