#Hakea belongs to the ancient plant family #Proteaceae, which split into two subfamilies, #Grevilleoideae in #Australia and #Proteoideae in #southafrica before the separation of the #Gondwanaland continent around 140 million years ago.

*Image by Corynocarpus CC BY-SA 4.0

Proteaceae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae

Grevilleoideae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grevilleoideae

Proteoideae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteoideae

Gondwana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondwana

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Proteaceae - Wikipedia

The Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize is on at the South Australian Museum. #Hakea got a bit of a showing this year. #Proteaceae #BotanicalArt
https://docs.samuseum.sa.gov.au/9luuql1tp

#Bloomscrolling while strolling
along MerriCreek this sunny arvo

#Hakea
#BlueBandedBee (Mosaic)
Water bugs of #MerriCreek

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Word List : #herm #culls #venter #hakea #cocksure #aristol #glimpsed #biteable #pallia #gymnemic #choses #niobid #faut #upmaking #unhabile #crawlers #dovey #sinusal

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Some #ozplants around the garden - mid winter is a time of plenty! #Banksia #Leschenaultia #Hibbertia #Hakea #bloomscrolling #gardeningau
Our #Hakea laurina is losing its mind #NativePlants #WesternAustralia 💜🎆🌸