Hakea scoparia

Description

Hakea scoparia is a shrub which is endemic to shrubland in south-west Western Australia. It grows up to 3 metres in height and has pinkish-cream coloured flowers in axillary clusters which appear from autumn to early spring followed by woody seed capsules which are approximately 2 cm long and 1 cm wide. The leaves are narrow and up to 27 cm in length. The species was first formally described in 1845 by Swiss botanist Carl Meissner in Plantae Preissianae. His description was based on plant material collected from the environs of the Swan River by James Drummond.