Common Name: Heath Needlebush
Botanical Name: Hakea mitchellii
Family: PROTEACEAE
Description:
Erect, rounded, compact, prickly, small to tall shrub, 1-4 m high, with dense needle-like leaves. Sharp, rigid, narrow-cylindrical to 3-angled (triangular in cross section), needle-like, 3-12 cm long. White to cream flowers, clustered in leaf axils. Late spring to summer (late October to January). Woody, beaked, with smooth surface or dotted with small black warts, approximately 2 cm long by 1 cm wide, containing 2 flat, winged, tan-coloured seeds. Throughout the year.
Erect, rounded, compact, prickly, small to tall shrub, 1-4 m high, with dense needle-like leaves. Sharp, rigid, narrow-cylindrical to 3-angled (triangular in cross section), needle-like, 3-12 cm long. White to cream flowers, clustered in leaf axils. Late spring to summer (late October to January). Woody, beaked, with smooth surface or dotted with small black warts, approximately 2 cm long by 1 cm wide, containing 2 flat, winged, tan-coloured seeds. Throughout the year.
Natural Distribution:
Occurs on sandy to occasionally heavy soils throughout most agricultural districts of SA (absent from the Northern Lofty). Extends into Vic. Common to woodland and mallee areas.
Occurs on sandy to occasionally heavy soils throughout most agricultural districts of SA (absent from the Northern Lofty). Extends into Vic. Common to woodland and mallee areas.
Notes:
Considered an important habitat plant for small birds providing protected nesting sites due to its dense spiny habit. Previously named Hakea muelleriana.
Considered an important habitat plant for small birds providing protected nesting sites due to its dense spiny habit. Previously named Hakea muelleriana.
