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''Hakea prostrata'', commonly known as harsh hakea, is a species of shrub that is 
endemic
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to the south-west
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of Western Australia
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. It is a low-lying shrub with prickly leaves and groups of white or cream-coloured flowers in late winter and early spring.
Description
''Hakea prostrata'' is a shrub which grows to between in height with spreading branchlets. The oblong-obovate stem-clasping leaves have prickly edges and a central vein. Plentiful sweetly scented white or cream flowers are produced in axillary racemoseinflorescences
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between July and October in its native range.
Taxonomy and naming
''Hakea prostrata'' was first formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown and published the description in ''Transactions of the Linnean Society of London
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''. The specific epithet
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(''prostrata'') is a Latin
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word meaning "down flat", "overthrown" or "laid low", referring to the low growing, coastal form of this plant.
Distribution and habitat
Harsh hakea is found fromGeraldton
Geraldton (Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West region of the Australian state of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth.
At June 2018, Geraldton had an urban population of 37,648. ...
to Esperance. It grows on hillsides, in shallow soil on granite outcrops and an stabilised sand dunes.
Conservation status
''Hakea prostrata'' is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government.References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5640408 prostrata Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1810 Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)