Shrub to 4 m or so tall. Leaves to 15 cm or so long, simple or with 3-5 broad lobes, silky-hairy below. Flower clusters spidery, terminal, cylindrical, erect. Flowers green at the base, yellow to orange and red above, few hairs outside, hairy inside; autumn to spring. Style maroon, hairy. Fruit smooth with a few hairs.

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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.