The inflorescence has 60-80 white and pink flowers appearing in short racemes in leaf axils and tips of branches.

Alternatively egg-shaped with the wider section toward the apex, both shapes having two small horns at the back of the fruit.

[6] The specific epithet (clavata) is derived from the Latin word clava meaning "club",[7] referring to the club-shape of the leaves.

[3] Coastal hakea is found on the mainland and on some of the islands between Israelite Bay and Esperance and a single population is known at Hopetoun to the west.

The species grows in rocky sandy clay soils among granite outcrops and withstands salt laden winds.