Shrub to nearly 2 m tall. Leaves entire, linear to oblanceolate, to 12 cm long, 1 cm wide, hairy below, margin rolled under. Flower clusters erect or hanging, roundish. Flowers deep red, rarely green and brown, hairy outside, bearded inside; winter and spring. Style red. Fruit hairless.
NSW.
Source: (2002). Proteaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
