Hakea decurrens
Introduction Pink form'''''Hakea decurrens''''', commonly known as  '''bushy needlewood''', is a species  of shrub or small tree in the family Proteaceae.
Description ''Hakea decurrens'' is a semi-prostrate to erect scrambling bush or  small tree  tall. Smaller branches have short densely matted silky hairs, occasionally some quickly becoming smooth. Leaves are needle-shaped, widely spreading horizontally are  long and  wide. The smooth leaves are grooved on the underside ending with a sharp point  long. The  inflorescence consists 1-6 white or pink flowers on a short white or rusty slightly hairy or densely matted hairy short stalk. The hairs extending onto a  long pedicel. The smooth perianth is  long. The style is  long. A profusion of flowers appear in leaf axils from May to September. The grey woody fruit are broadly egg-shaped   long and   wide covered in distinct warts ending in a prominent beak with two small horns.
Taxonomy and naming ''Hakea decurrens'' was first formally described in 1830 by Robert Brown in ''Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae''.The specific epithet (''decurrens'') is a Latin word, meaning "decurrent" or "prolonged below the point of insertion",  referring to the insertion of the leaf on the stem.In 1996 William Robert Barker described  three subspecies of ''Hakea decurrens'' in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens and the names are accepted by the Australian Plant CensusThe main differences are their fruit and hair characteristics on smaller branches. * ''Hakea decurrens'' subsp. ''decurrens'' on younger branches has flattened hairs, quickly becoming smooth and the fruit  wide;* ''Hakea decurrens'' subsp. ''platytaenia'' has persistent raised hairs and fruit  wide;* ''Hakea decurrens'' subsp. ''physocarpa'' has flattened hairs, quickly lost. Fruit  wide.
Distribution and habitat The species is native and widespread in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania in Australia. Additionally it is naturalised in South Australia and Portugal.Three subspecies are currently recognised:* ''H.decurrens'' subsp. ''decurrens'', occurs on the western slopes and plains of the Great Dividing Range of New South Wales; * ''H.decurrens'' subsp. ''platytaenia'', occurs in exposed coastal heaths in southeastern New South Wales, eastern Victoria and the Bass Strait Islands. * ''H.decurrens'' subsp. ''physocarpa'', occurs in New South Wales, Victoria and the Bass Strait Islands. In Tasmania it is thought to be native to the north and naturalised in the south. It is also naturalised in the Mount Lofty Ranges in South Australia and Portugal.
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