Hakea actites, commonly known as the mulloway needle bush or wallum hakea is a shrub or tree of the Proteaceae family native to areas in north eastern New South Wales and south eastern Queensland. White nectar-rich flowers appear in abundance from late autumn to early spring.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Mulloway needle bush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Hakea
- Species
- Hakea actites
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