Variable shrub in foliage, habit and flower colour, but generally spreading and less than 1 m tall. Leaves entire, linear to lanceolate, 1-2.5(4) cm long, 1 cm wide, greygreen, hairy below, margin rolled under. Flower clusters mostly terminal, near erect. Flowers white to deep pink, mauve or red, mostly hairy outside, bearded inside; almost throughout the year, mainly late winter to early summer. Style pink, red or white. Fruit hairy.

Some prostrate and compact forms are available.

SA, NSW, Vic.

Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. 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.