This shrub was named after George William Francis a Victorian botanist who established a herbarium and library and was first superintendant and then director of the Adelaide Botanical Gardens. This superb Hakea had me fooled for quite while as I was determined it must be a Grevillea. It is said to be up to 2m tall but the one we saw was considerably taller than that. It is quite common in the wheatbelt north of Albany up almost to Geraldton on the coast.

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W.A. Wild Flower Society tour: Scott Road 14th September 2007

Added on February 2nd 2009, updated 3rd April 2010