Spreading shrub to 2 m tall, often much lower and variously hairy. Leaves entire, to 4 cm long, 2 cm wide, elliptic to obovate or almost circular. Flower clusters with up to 20 flowers. Flowers greenish, hairy outside, bearded inside; autumn to spring. Style red to purple. Fruit hairy, without stripes or blotches.
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.