Uses: Suitable for parks, reserves, wider roadside plantings. As an informal hedge, screen or barrier in low traffic areas due to its prickly foliage.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.
Lizard refuge. Tolerant of calcareous soils. Requires well-drained soils.
Formerly Hakea muelleriana.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

This plant is indigenous to the following botanical regions of South Australia.

:GT: Gairdner-Torrens     
:EP: Eyre Peninsula
:MU: Murray
:YP: Yorke Peninsula
:SL: Southern Lofty
:KI: Kangaroo Island
:SE: South Eastern
 
For detail on these regions refer to the user guide.