Hakea obliqua, commonly known as needles and corks, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae
Description
Hakea obliqua is an erect, dense shrub typically growing to a height of and does not form a lignotuber. The branchlets and new growth are rusty coloured. The leaves are needle-shaped, rigid, thick and long, wide ending in a sharp, erect point. The inflorescence consist of 2-8 white-cream-yellow flowers sometimes with a greenish tinge on a stem long. The strongly scented flowers are in clusters in the leaf axils. he pedicels re long and densely covered with flattened silky white hairs that extend onto the long perianth. The pistil is long. The large rounded fruit are long and wide. The young fruit are smooth and as they age,the surface becomes covered in thick angular cork outgrowths. The fruit taper at the apex with either a curved or straight point long. Flowering occurs from May to October.