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Thursday, June 23, 2011
Today's Walk - Hakea Cones
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Hakea is a genus of 149 species of shrubs and small trees in the Proteaceae, native to Australia. They are found throughout the country, with the highest species diversity being found in the south west of Western Australia.
They can reach 1–6 m in height, and have spirally arranged leaves 2–20 cm long, simple or compound, sometimes (e.g. H. suaveolens) with the leaflets thin cylindrical and rush-like. The flowers are produced in dense flowerheads of variable shape, globose to cylindrical, 3–10 cm long, with numerous small red, yellow, pink, purple, pale blue or white flowers.
Hakeas are named after Baron Christian Ludwig von Hake, the 18th century German patron of botany, following Heinrich Schrader's description of Hakea teretifolia in 1797.
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Doesn't Really Translate
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I could, but I won't (bother) explain what's going on here. This is from the front
page of today's Helsingin Sanomat, which is the largest newspaper in Finland.
You need to be a Finn (like me) to understand:
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
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