These delightful Hakea flowers were just starting to open and ranged from an almost white to dark pink. In the above photo they haven't released their pistils yet.A prickly shrub (Most Hakea's are prickly) to 3m tall. Name meaning: Hakea verrucosaHakea - after Baron von Hake, an 18th century German patron of botany; verrucose- warted, alluding to the woody fruits
