Hakea bucculenta, commonly known as red pokers,[2] is a large shrub in the family Proteaceae endemic to Western Australia.

[3][4][5][6][7][8] Hakea bucculenta was first formally described by the botanist Charles Austin Gardner in 1936 and published in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.

[1] The specific epithet (bucculenta) is derived from the Latin word bucculentus meaning "with full cheeks",[9] which refers to the shape of the fruit.

[3] Hakea bucculenta is endemic to coastal areas in the Gascoyne and Mid West regions between Shark Bay and Geraldton in Western Australia.

It grows on coastal sand plain heath or mallee, roadsides verges in sandy, loam or clay-based soils.