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Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits

These pages will feature some of the wildflowers we have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified. If you are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.

Information given for each species will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it was seen, and where it was photographed, the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.

See some of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.

Home > Lists and Links > Nature in Australia > Alphabetical Wildflower Index > Wildflowers H 1c

Hakea prostrata, Harsh Hakea, Pulgur, Doolgur, Janda (above right with seed pods forming)

White, along stem between prickly leaves on a sprawling low growing shrub or an erect shrub to three metres. Spiked leaf shape can vary. Plump seed pods approximately 35 millimetres long may be with or without horns.
Spring, with the photo at right in April.
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and throughout the South West and Great Southern Regions, extending into the Wheatbelt and Mid West regions, and extending into the coastal strip between Albany and Esperance.

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Hakea marginata

Small white Hakea flowers along the stems. Leaves are elongated elliptical and pointed to a spine at the tip, on an erect or spreading shrub.

August

Kulin, Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia and is found in the Mid West, Wheatbelt, and Great Southern Regions, extending along the coastal strip to Esperance.

Hakea multilineata, Grass-leaf Hakea, djanja

Vivid pink clusters of Hakea flowers along the stems adjacent forming an elongated eye catching bloom on a tall shrub. Leaves are very long and narrow, with fine longitudinal lines, and a spine at the tip. Seed cones are small and rounded, with a short thick curved beak (horn) which has a groove at the top.

August

Hyden-Norseman Road, Dundas shire, Goldfields and Tarin Rick, Dumbleyung shire, and Wheatbelt Region, Western Australia. Can be found throughout the Wheatbelt, into the Mid West at Perenjori, and into the Goldfields region.

Hakea oleifolia, Dungyn

Flowers are white and similar to Hakea lissocarpha (not seen here). Buds are an apricot shade. Foliage consists of broad elongated leaves terminating in the small spine. Veins visible along the leaves. Shrubs can grow to ten metres in height. Seed pods have bumps on them as above left.

Spring (only buds seen here in March)

Albany in the lower Great Southern region, and occurs along the coast from Busselton to Bremer Bay, extending inland a little way in some areas.

Hakea lissocarpha Honeybush, djanja
White, some pink tinges, shrub, flowers along stem which has spiny leaves. Can also occur in pink. Pink tinges on these due to aging. Above left, hard seed pod approximately twenty millimetres long, with two spikes at end (horns can also be close together). Above right showing seeds with sails.

Late Winter, Spring with a long flowering season
Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia and throughout the South West, Wheat Belt and Great Southern regions and in coastal areas from Kalbarri to Esperance

Hakea meisneriana (Identification not certain)

Creamy white flowers an open (not dense) shrub, which can reach up to three metres tall. Cones are small and rounded, with a thick base beak (or horn).

August, just commencing flowering.

Moorine Rock, Shire of Yilgarn in the eastern Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Found in the Mid West in the Three Springs shire, and the inland Wheatbelt.

Without seeing fruiting (seed setting) stage, two similar species are possible for this shrub seen at Goomalling.

Hakea obliqua subsp. parviflora, Needles and Corks. Hakea obliqua has two subspecies, with Hakea obliqua subsp. obliqua only found near to the south coast.

A cream flowering Hakea shrub which can grow to three metres in height. Foliage cylindrical and around 1.5 to two millimetres wide, with a length between two and 6.5 centimetres terminating in a sharp spine.

August

Goomalling shire, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Found in southern parts of the Mid West and through the northern Wheatbelt, Southernmost parts of the Wheatbelt and into the Great Southern, and east into the southern Goldfields region near Ravensthorpe.

Hakea preissii, Needle Tree, Needle Bush, Christmas Hakea, Tanjinn. Jarnock mert.

A cream flowering Hakea shrub which can grow to six metres in height. Foliage cylindrical and around 1.5 to two millimetres wide, with a length between one and three centimetres terminating in a sharp spine.

August

Goomalling shire, Wheatbelt region, Western Australia. Grows widely from the southern Pilbara, through the Gascoyne, Mid West, Wheatbelt, Great Southern and western parts of the Goldfields region.