About Hakea rugosa R.Br.
Hakea rugosa R.Br. is a wide-spreading shrub that grows 0.7 to 2 metres (2 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 7 inches) tall. It has stiff, straight, needle-shaped leaves that are 1.5 to 6 centimetres (0.59 to 2.36 inches) long and 0.9 to 1.3 millimetres (0.035 to 0.051 inches) wide. New growth leaves and branches are covered in short, flattened, silky hairs. Its inflorescence is made up of many densely clustered cream or white flowers that grow in leaf axils. The pedicel is 2.0 to 3.5 millimetres (0.079 to 0.138 inches) long and covered in flattened silky hairs. The perianth is 3 to 3.5 millimetres (0.12 to 0.14 inches) long, with silky hairs at its base. The pistil is 4.5 to 6 millimetres (0.18 to 0.24 inches) long and grows upright. The small S-shaped fruit sit more or less at a right angle to the stalk, and measure 1.5 to 2.2 centimetres (0.59 to 0.87 inches) long and 0.7 to 1.6 centimetres (0.28 to 0.63 inches) wide. The fruit have a coarse wrinkled texture, and occasionally bear fine dark warts. They have a narrow 3 to 7 millimetre (0.12 to 0.28 inch) long beak that bends sharply back against the fruit. Flowering takes place from August to October. This species, also called dwarf hakea, grows in loam or sand, in mallee scrub or coastal heath. Its range extends from Eyre Peninsula in South Australia to western Victoria.
