Shrub to about 5 m tall. Leaves mostly 10-16 cm long,1.5 cm wide, linear, with about 15 fine, pale longitudinal veins. Flower clusters prominent, spike-like, pink; late winter to spring. Flowers about 0.5 cm long. Fruit to about 2 cm long, grooved.

May be grafted onto H. salicifolia.

WA.

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.