Hakea decurrens

Botanical Name: Hakea decurrens
Common Name:  Bushy needlebush
Family: Proteaceae

Size:  A prickly shrub Ht 1 -4 m W.1 -4 m
Leaves: narrow, cylindrical 3 – 9cm long; very prickly
Flowers: cream to pink spider-like 4 – 8 mm in the leaf axils
Flowering Time:  Late winter/spring
Fruit: Woody follicle with rough surface and prominent beak. Opens in response to stress (fire)

Habitat/distribution: Drysclerophyll forests and open heathlands. Scattered locations in east, northeast and Furneaux group, also SA, Vic and NSW

Other notes: good for attracting birds and deterring people and feral animals