Spreading shrub to about 1 m tall. Leaves ovate in outline, to 7 cm long, 5 cm wide, with 5-7 divisions, each division with 3-5 points, lower surface hairy, margin generally rolled under. Flower clusters terminal, erect or bent down, undivided, 1- sided. Flowers green-brown, hairy outside, hairless inside; spring. Style red. Fruit hairy, with reddish stripes.

Vic (Brisbane Ranges).

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.