Mauve, pink or crimson flowers grow in clusters in the leaf axils along the arching branchlets in winter and early spring, followed by small ovoid woody seed capsules that are less than 1 cm (0.4 in) in diameter with a short slightly curving beak.

The rigid leaves are small, broad-elliptic and myrtle-like (hence myrtiodes) and are about 2 cm (0.8 in) in length with a prominent mid-vein and tapering to a sharp point.

In cultivation the plant in often grafted onto Hakea salicifolia, which enables it to grow in a wider variety of soil conditions.

It is an ornamental garden plant good for rockeries and as a ground cover in a well-drained, open, sunny site.

[3][6] Hakea myrtoides is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.