Hakea prostrata
{{Short description|Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to the south-west of Western Australia}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Harsh hakea
|image = Hakea prostrata - Flickr - Kevin Thiele (1).jpg
|image_caption =
|genus = Hakea
|species = prostrata
|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|authority = R.Br.{{cite web |title=Hakea prostrata |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/116066 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=30 September 2019}}
|synonyms = Hakea glabella R.Br.
|range_map = Hakea prostrataDistMap113.png
|range_map_caption = Occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
}}
Hakea prostrata, commonly known as harsh hakea,{{cite web |last1=Archer |first1=William |title=Hakea prostrata |url=http://esperancewildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/01/harsh-hakea-hakea-prostrata.html |website=Esperance Wildflowers |access-date=30 September 2019}} is a species of shrub that is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying shrub with prickly leaves and groups of white or cream-coloured flowers in late winter and early spring.File:Hakea prostrata habit.jpg
Description
Hakea prostrata is a shrub which grows to between {{convert|1-3|m|ft|sigfig=1|abbr=on}} in height with spreading branchlets. The oblong-obovate stem-clasping leaves have prickly edges and a central vein. Plentiful sweetly scented white or cream flowers are produced in axillary racemose inflorescences between July and October in its native range.{{FloraBase|name=Hakea prostrata |id=2197}}{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=J A |title=Hakeas of Western Australia:A Field and Identification Guide |publisher=J A Young |isbn=0-9585778-2-X}}{{cite book |last1=Holliday |first1=Ivan |title=Hakeas:A Field and Garden Guide |year=2005 |publisher=Reed New Holland |isbn=1-877069-14-0}}
==Taxonomy and naming==
Hakea prostrata was first formally described in 1810 by botanist Robert Brown and published the description in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.{{cite web|title=Hakea prostrata|url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/550940|publisher=APNI|access-date=15 October 2018}} The specific epithet (prostrata) is a Latin word meaning "down flat", "overthrown" or "laid low",{{cite book|last1=Brown|first1=Roland Wilbur|title=The Composition of Scientific Words|date=1956|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Press|location=Washington, D.C.|page =481}} referring to the low growing, coastal form of this plant.
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Category:Eudicots of Western Australia