Hakea lissosperma

Botanical Name: Hakea lissosperma
Common Name:  Mountain needlebush
Family: Proteaceae

Size: Conical shrub or small tree,  Ht2 -6 m W.1.5 - 3 m
Leraves: Cylindrical and rigid, deep green; straight or curved with sharp point; up to 15cm long

Flowers: White/cream profuse spider-like in axillary clusters along the stem
Flowering Time:  Late spring/summer
Fruit: Oval follicle shaped with a prominent bt short beak. Warty surfaceabout 3 x 2.5 cm dark purplish brown

Habitat/distribution: Widespread in rocky woodland from coast to 1300m. Also, Vic, NSW

Other notes: Low-growing forms sometimes found; good nesting sites for birds