Common Name:
Pincushion Tree
About 110 species of shrubs and small trees. Leaves alternate, leathery, often linear and needle-like, some are toothed and lobed. Flowers in short axillary clusters, flowers-paired and subtended by a common bract, often with brightly colored protruding styles; often rich in nectar. Fruit is a woody capsule containing two seeds.
Hakea: for Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake (1745-1818), German patron of botany.
Pronunciation:
HAK-ee-a
Family:
Proteaceae