Hakea bucculenta Red Pokers Endemic
The Hakea genus is named after Baron Christian
Ludwig von Hake, a Hanoverian patron of Botany who lived from 1745
to 1818 but perhaps his name will not live forever in these plants.
Some now say that the genera Grevillea and Hakea are
so close in evolutionary terms that they should all be merged into Grevillea. This
would not surprise many field botanists for whom the variation in morphology
between species within each genus is such that they can easily be confused
one with the other. The species name bucculenta refers to
the large oval fruits from the Latin for "full cheeks".
As a wild native species, it is found only around the Geraldton and Mullewa regions but cultivars are sold in nurseries for gardens.
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| Hakea bucculenta Red Pokers |
Springs Rd, near Mullewa, Western Australia 31st August 2012
Added on October 26th 2016