Scientific Name: Hakea actites (was Hakea gibbosa)

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  • Pronunciation:
    HAKE-ee-ah ak-TITE-ees
  • Common Name:
    Hakea, Wallum Hakea
  • Derivation:
    Hakea: honour Baron von Hake 1744-1818, German patron of Botany and councillor. actites: Gr. coast-dweller
  • Type:
    Shrub or small tree
  • Family:
    PROTEACEAE
  • Flowers:
    White from stem, spring
  • Fruit:
    Brown woody capsule Follicle ovoid or obovoid, 20–35 mm long,
  • Vegetation Type:
    Wet Heath or Wallum woodland, swamp forest or dry eucalypt forest, in coastal sandy situations
  • 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

Small stiff woody shrub with short, round, pointed leaves.||

Associated Fauna

Prickly foliage provides nesting site for small birds.

Landscaping Notes

Noosa Council Preferred Species list . Suitable plant for appropriate soil conditions (see Vegetation type). ||Moist well-drained soils. Useful for protected seaside. Very prickly.||Successfully propagated by Coolum Community Native Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Tin Can Bay City Farm Nursery.||Successfully propagated by Mooloolah Native Nursery||Successfully propagated by Barung Landcare||