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Hakea microcarpa R.Br

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'Hakea microcarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hakea/hakea-microcarpa/). Accessed 2026-05-18.

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  • Proteaceae

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'Hakea microcarpa' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/hakea/hakea-microcarpa/). Accessed 2026-05-18.

Hakea microcarpa

Hakea microcarpa at Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll, Scotland, May 2024. Image John Grimshaw.

A shrub 2 to 8 ft high. Leaves terete, spine-pointed, 1 to 31⁄2 in. long, erect or slightly spreading. Flowers white or cream-coloured in small axillary clusters. Fruits flattish, obliquely obovate, beaked, 3⁄8 to 1⁄2 in. long, with smooth rather thin valves. Native of E. Australia and Tasmania. Raised from seeds collected by Lord Talbot de Malahide in Tasmania, it has proved quite hardy at Jermyns House, Romsey, and fruits freely there.

Hakea microcarpa

Hakea microcarpa at Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll, Scotland, May 2024. Image John Grimshaw.

Hakea microcarpa

Hakea microcarpa has terete, spiny leaves (from BRUPB 196, Benmore Botanic Garden, Argyll, UK; 23 August 2023). Image Julian Sutton.

Hakea microcarpa

Foliage on Hakea microcarpa at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, UK (12 April 2017). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Hakea microcarpa

Hakea microcarpa foliage on a plant at The Tasmanian Arboretum, Devonport, Australia (28 February 2020). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Hakea microcarpa

Flower buds on Hakea microcarpa (Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, UK – 12 April 2017). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

Hakea microcarpa

Hakea microcarpa has rather short, terete needle-like leaves (The Tasmanian Arboretum, Devonport, Australia – 28 February 2020). Image © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar.

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