| Common Name: | Yellow Hakea |
| Synonym: | |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Size: | 1-3m x 1-2m |
| Description: | Open to dense erect or rounded shrub. |
| Leaves: | Blue-green soft needle-like foliage, pointed but not as sharp as other local hakea species, 0.8-5cm x 0.7-2.5mm. |
| Flowering: | Small clusters of flowers in leaf axils, massed up the branches. Fruit - prominent, oval to round, warty, to 3cm, lacking horns. |
| Flower Colour: | Yellow |
| Flowering Time: | April to August |
| Growing Conditions: | Moist to wet clay soils in heathy woodlands and around swamps. Frost tolerant. Full sun to full shade. |
| Garden Use: | Excellent rounded shrub for moist areas in open positions or under trees. Screen plant Will adapt to quite dry positions. |
| Related Species: | |
| Plant Communities: | 7, 11, 13, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 29, 30 |
| Conservation Status: | Locally common within its preferred growing conditions |
| Aboriginal Use: | |
| Commercially available: | Generally |
| Bird Attracting: | Nectar, insects, seeds |
| Butterfly Attracting: | No |
| Frog Habitat: | No |
| Photographer: | 1 Peter Kinchington ©; 2 Jean Edwards ©; 3, 4 Marilyn Gray © |