Shrub to 3 m tall with hairy new growth and leaves. Leaves cylindrical, to 8 cm long and about 1.5 mm wide with a sharp-pointed tip about 2 mm long. Flower clusters of 2-6 flowers. Flowers creamy white, more or less hairless; spring. Fruit with a distinct beak and deeply wrinkled or warted.
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.