[3] Hakea brachyptera is a low, dense, rounded shrub to 1 m (3 ft) tall with interweaving rusty coloured branchlets.

[4][5] Hakea brachyptera was first formally described by Carl Meisner in 1856 and published in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis.

[2] Hakea brachyptera is found in southwest Western Australian, from near Wagin to Lake Magenta and south near the Stirling Range.

Hakea brachyptera requires a well-drained site with a sunny aspect and sandy loam, clay or gravel.

[2] Hakea brachyptera is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning that it is rare or near threatened, due to its restricted distribution.