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)
Needlewood (Hakea leucoptera) gets its common name from the very sharp points of the leaves. The leaves alternate up the stems, are 2-10 cm long, 1.2-2 mm diameter. They are narrow cylindrical in shape, hairy to becoming hairless, and are straight (rarely curved) ending in a sharp point.
The spider-like flowers has 4 white to yellow ‘petals’, and are in clusters of 18-45 flowers located at the base of the leaves.
Found in central parts of mainland Australia, the Hakea leucoptera is a shrub or can grow as a small tree. As well as the cylindrical, rigid, sharp pointed leaves, it has flowers that appear in early spring and summer that are white, cream-coloured or yellow.
Common name
Needlewood, Needle Hakea, Silver Needlewood, Silver Needle Bush, Needle Bush, Pin Bush, Pinbush, Booldoobah, Kuloa, Kulua, Kuluva, Uri, Water Tree.
Leucoptera, is from the Greek leucos, white and pteron, wing, that refer to the ashy-white seed wings (although they can also be a brownish-grey).
More information and images of the Needlewood (Hakea leucoptera) in a garden in Alice Springs NT.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Proteanae
- Order: Proteales
- Family: Proteaceae
- Genus: Hakea
- Species: Hakea Leucoptera
Footnote & References
- Hakea leucoptera R.Br., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2911444
- Hakea Leucoptera, Woolshed Thurgoona Landcare Group, https://wtlandcare.org/details/hakea-leucoptera/
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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