Shrub or small tree to 8 m or so tall. Leaves narrowly linear, to 25 cm long, 1 cm wide, directed upwards and with 3-9 longitudinal veins. Flower clusters elongated, of about 200-500 flowers, deep pink to orange; mostly winter to early spring. Fruit to about 2.5 cm long, smooth with narrowed beak.

Sometimes grafted on H. salicifolia.

WA, SA.

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.