Dense shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves entire, to 4 cm long, 0.5 cm wide, elliptic to obovate, margins bent back, upper surface with long hairs, lower surface silky-hairy. Flower clusters short, dense, globose with 6-8 flowers. Flowers cream, becoming pink then red; winter to spring. Style cream to pink or red with a green tip. Fruit ridged.
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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.
