Hakea microcarpa

Botanical Name: Hakea microcarpa
Common Name:  Smallfruit needlebush
Family: Proteaceae

Size: Woody shrub,  Ht1 – 3m W 1 – 3m
Leaves: Cylindrical, sharp 2-8cm long
Flowers: Cream/white spider-like from single to multiple in the leaf axils
Flowering Time: spring
Fruit:Small ovoid woody follicle.Oval follicle shaped with a prominent but short beak. Warty surface about 3 x 2.5 cm dark purplish brown

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

Other notes: distinguished by very small woody follicles open when mature