Hakea undulata
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Hakea undulata is a species of shrub that is native to south west
Western Australia
. It is also naturalised in South Australia
. Plants are erect and often straggly in habit, growing to between 1 and 2 metres in height and has leaves with scalloped edges. Cream flowers are produced in axillary racemose inflorescences between July and October in its native range.
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown
in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1810.
Southwest Australia
Southwest Australia is a biodiversity hotspot that includes the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub ecoregions of Western Australia. The region has a wet-winter, dry-summer Mediterranean climate, one of five such regions in the world...
Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. It is also naturalised in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. Plants are erect and often straggly in habit, growing to between 1 and 2 metres in height and has leaves with scalloped edges. Cream flowers are produced in axillary racemose inflorescences between July and October in its native range.
The species was first formally described by botanist Robert Brown
Robert Brown (botanist)
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and palaeobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope...
in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London in 1810.