Scientific Name: Hakea megadenia Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: autumn needlebush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Proteaceae

Form Description: Erect shrub or small tree.

Height (m): 3 – 7

Flowers: Cream-white spider-like.

Fruit: Woody capsule – small with large, membranous wing.

Municipality
Break O’DayBrightonFlindersGlamorgan-Spring BayHuon ValleyNorthern MidlandsTasman
Plant Communities
Coastal VegetationDry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Found on the Furneaux Islands and on the east coast as far south as Tasman Peninsula. Grows in riverside shrubbery or dry open forest, low altitude and coastal on the mainland but at higher altitudes on the islands.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Exposed, Rocky, Windy

Soil Tolerance

Clay, Loam, Nutrient-poor, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Moderate

General Notes

Closely related to Hakea epiglottis. Chiefly distinguished by different flowering times and growth habit. Bird attracting.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Harvest clusters of ripe fruit. Sieve and manipulate to extract.

Seed Treatment Method

Standard Scatter seed thinly on to damp potting mix. Hold seed in place by covering with more potting mix to approximately the depth of the seed size.

Seed Treatment Notes

May require application of fungicide.

Germination Time

3-6 weeks