Shrub to 3 m tall, mostly much shorter, mostly with new shoots reddish. Leaves cylindrical, with 3-15 needle-pointed divisions and with a groove. Flower clusters towards the tip; autumn. Calyx white or pink to yellow, 3-4 mm long. Fruit 2-3 cm long, 7-12 mm wide, mostly rough. Seed wing only attached along 1 margin. Syn. H. bipinnatifida R. Br.

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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.