Medium shrub or small open tree to 4 m or more tall. Leaves cylindrical to 9 cm long, 2 mm wide, stiff, needle-pointed, becoming hairless. Flower clusters of 18-45 flowers. Flowers white, hairless; late spring to summer. Fruit ovoid, to about 2.5 cm long, 2 cm wide, more or less smooth.

All mainland states.

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.