Hakea tephrosperma commonly known as hooked needlewood,[2] is a shrub or small tree species in the family Proteaceae.

It has cream flowers, needle-shaped leaves and is one of the taller species in its genus, adaptable for dry to temperate locations.

Hakea tephrosperma is a large upright multi-stemmed shrub or small tree growing to 8 m (26 ft) high and forms a lignotuber.

[3][4] Hakea tephrosperma was first formally described in 1830 by botanist Robert Brown in Supplementum primum prodromi florae Novae Hollandiae.

It grows in open spinifex and blue-bush (Maireana species) shrubland as an individual tree or in dense thickets on coarse soils.