Hakea laurina

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Read about Hakea laurina in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Hakea laurina, R. Br.(tf. eucalyptoides, Meissn.).SEAljRCHiN. Fig. 1 780. Tall shrub, to 30 ft., and tree-like in Austral. : lvs. elliptic or lanceolate, 5 or 6 in. long, ½ -l in. wide, tapering to a petiole; principal veins 3-7,nearly parallel : fls. crimson, in a globular involucrate head, l ½ -2 in. thick, from which the numerous showy golden yellow styles project 1 in. or so in every direction: fr. ovoid, about 1 ¼ in- long by ¾ in. broad, short-beaked. B.M. 7127. G.C. II. 23:149.— The only species with showy fls. here described; equally satisfactory for shrubberies and for hedges; always highly ornamental. In Italy it has been called "the glory of the gardens of the Riviera." The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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