Prostrate, trailing shrub. Leaves oblong, ovate or elliptic, to about 10 cm long, 4 cm wide with about 7-20 spiny teeth or triangular lobes (sometimes further divided), lower surface lightly hairy or hairless, margin slightly rolled under. Flower clusters erect or bent over, unbranched, 1-sided. Flowers pale green or grey with reddish stripes, slightly hairy outside, hairless inside; spring to summer. Style deep red. Fruits hairy, red-striped.

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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.