Scientific Name: Hakea actites

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  • Pronunciation:
    HAKE-ee-ah ak-TITE-ees
  • Common Name:
    Wallum Hakea
  • Type:
    Shrub
  • Family:
    PROTEACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White, clustered along stem
  • Fruit:
    Brown woody fruit to 3.5cm
  • Vegetation Type:
    Coastal heath - wet areas
  • Species List:
    EdingtonDr, Cooroibah, Emu Mt., Weyba Nature Refuge, Eumarella Rd., Coolum High, Mooloolaba TAFE, Pindari Steiner School, Cooroibah26.4.09, Fraser Island, TAFE Emu Swamp BHNR, Regional Ecosystem 12.3.13.
Identification Notes

Extremely prickly woody shrub with long round, pointed leaves, persistent woody fruit, and white flowers.

Associated Fauna

Prickly foliage provides nesting site for small birds.

Landscaping Notes

|Moist well-drained soils. Useful for protected seaside locations. Very prickly. |