Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves entire, variable,mostly narrowly oblong to elliptic,1-3.5 cm long, 5 mm or more wide, margin rolled under, lower surface hairless. Flower clusters erect with up to 8 flowers. Flowers pale yellow to greenish, hairless outside, bearded usually above the middle inside, green-tipped; spring. Style red. Fruit hairy, without stripes or blotches.
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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.