''Hakea florida'' is a shrub in the family

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. It is

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to an area along the

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in the

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, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of

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Description

The erect, prickly, bushy shrub typically grows to a height of with smooth soft grey bark. Profuse blooms appear from October to January and produces strongly scented white-cream flowers in the leaf axils. The sharp pointed leaves are sparse, widely spaced, thick and

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with a central vein. The warty fruit are large and rounded up to long and wide, ending in two distinct horns. A very showy shrub in full bloom.

Taxonomy and naming

''Hakea florida'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown and the description was published in '' Transactions of the Linnean Society of London''. It is named from the Latin ''fluorides''-many flowered, referring to the profuse showy flowers.

Distribution and habitat

Occurs from Manjimup south coast to

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east to the Fitzgerald River National Park. ''Hakea florida'' grows on sand, loam, clayey sand, gravel,

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and

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. May be grown in sun or semi-shade, it is frost and drought tolerant.

Conservation status

''Hakea florida'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government.

References

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Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)