Hakea francisiana
Emu tree · also Grass-leaf hakea, Bottlebrush hakea
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Hakea francisiana is a shrub or tree native to Western Australia and South Australia. It is an evergreen with dense foliage and unique, fragrant, fluffy ball-like flower clusters with vibrant pink to red petals and white styles. It is drought and smog tolerant.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 220.01%—1.9 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Traits
- Foliage
- Evergreen
- Mature height
- 15 ft
- Canopy spread
- 20 ft
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water needs
- Low
- Drought tolerance
- High
- Pollution tolerance
- High
- Wildlife value
- High
- Blooms
- Jan, Feb, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec
Trunk diameters across every city: median 1.9 in, mean 1.9 in, 90th percentile 1.9 in. Measured at breast height, as published by each inventory.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub
- Southwest Australia savanna
- Southwest Australia woodlands
Other Hakea in the catalogue
7 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
