Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea)

HakeaHakea Index Hakea divaricata (Fork-leaved Corkwood) Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood) Hakea lorea (Long-leaved Corkwood) Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea)

Hakea victoria is a striking looking shrub with ornamental style foliage, that is endemic to Western Australia. It grows between 1-3 m hight and around 1 m wide. It has a slender growth habit with few branches, and does not form a lignotuber.

A lignotuber describes a woody swelling of the root crown that some plants possessed, a form of protection for the survival of the plant, such as by fire. They are often characterised by a multi-stem habit.

It is commonly known as Royal Hakea, with other common names including Lantern Hakea, Candlestick and Ochre Warrior. The Noongar-Wudjari name for the plant is Taaliny Boort or Tallyongut (taaliny meaning tongue and boort meaning without). The plant has all the colours of ochre, whilst the veins in the leaves are said to represent the strength of the warriors. The Wudjari are the Aboriginal people of the Noongar cultural group of the southern region of Western Australia.³

The leaves of the Hakea victoria are rough and leathery, wavy margin with prickly teeth that end with a sharp point. They are arranged alternately, and have distinct veins on the upper and under side of the leaves. Whilst the lower leaves are green and narrow, the upper leaves are broad, concave, and more or less circular, being yellow at the base, shading to green at the apex.

The Hakea victoria inflorescence is a cluster of small cream-white, red or pink flowers in the leaf axils. The woody fruits are about 25 mm long and 15-20 mm wide.

They are found growing in the coastal region between Albany and Esperance, in particular, the Fitzgerald River National Park.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Plantae
• Phylum: Charophyta
• Class: Equisetopsida
• Subclass: Magnoliidae
• Superorder: Proteanae
• Order: Proteales
• Family: Proteaceae
• Genus: Hakea
• Species: Hakea victoria

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HakeaHakea Index Hakea divaricata (Fork-leaved Corkwood) Hakea laurina (Pincushion Hakea) Hakea lehmanniana (Blue Hakea) Hakea leucoptera (Needlewood) Hakea lorea (Long-leaved Corkwood) Hakea victoria (Royal Hakea)

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