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Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits

These pages will feature some of the wildflowers we have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified. If you are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.

Information given for each species will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it was seen, where it was photographed, and the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.

See some of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.

Home > Lists and Links > Nature in Australia > Alphabetical Wildflower Index > Wildflowers H 1b

Hakea amplexicaulis, Prickly Hakea (above)

White or pink, flowers from base of leaves on a sprawling shrub with elongated prickly leaves. Seed pods which reach approximately 35 millimetres in length with a prominent spike forming above left, and seeds above right
Spring
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and through the coastal strip between Perth and Albany.

Hakea francisiana, Pink Pokers, Grass Leaved Hakea, Cork Tree, Emu Tree, Bottlebrush Hakea, Pink Spike Hakea

Pink bottlebush-like flower spike with lighter coloured bristles, on a tall shrub with elongated striated leaves. Paler orange flowers may be at an early stage of flowering or a variation.

August September

Sandstone, Sandstone, Mid West, and Moorine Rock, Shire of Yilgarn in the eastern Wheatbelt region, Western Australia, and found through the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions, extending into the Goldfields and desert regions.

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Hakea cygnus subsp. cygnus, (previously cygna, spelling correction 2019)) Swan Fruit Hakea, Swan Hakea.

Small cream flowers on a one to two metre high shrub. Long leaves with lines a longitudinal centre line one side, and the lines the other side. These have a yellow tip terminating with a reddish colour then a spike. Seed cones are plumply rounded with a short finely pointed horn (or beak).

August

Tarin Rock Nature Reserve and Moorine Rock, Wheatbelt Region, and found through the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern Regions and into the coastal Goldfields to Esperance.

Small butterfly Zizina labradus on shrub in photo above right.

The Aboriginal name Berrung applies to a number of small Grevillea and Hakea bushes, and Djanja also applies to some species.

Hakea horrida (named formally in 1990)

Cream flowers up the stems of a dense shrub which grows up to two metres. Foliage is bipinnate and not always symmetrical, stiff and has sharp spines. Seed cones are rounded with two horns (or beaks).

August September

Seen at Tarin Rock (August), Dumbleyung shire, Wheatbelt region, and Gnowangerup shire, Great Southern region, Western Australia. Found in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern between Kondinin and Ongerup and eastwards into the Goldfields to Ninety Mile tank and Ravensthorpe.

Hakea invaginata, Pink Plumed Hakea

Pink flowers up the stems on a dense shrub up to three metres tall. Leaves are fine and long, with five longitudinal grooves. The species name invaginata means 'within a sheath', referring to the grooves of the young leaf. Small cones are egg shaped, tapering at the top to form a beak (or horn) which then tapers to a fine point.

August

Latham, Mid West region, Western Australia, and found from Northampton to Kellerberrin, and east to Bodallin, Wheatbelt region.