Shrub to 3 m tall with rusty-hairy new growth. Leaves to 8 cm long, 2 cm wide, elliptic, mostly bluish green, tough, with 3 longitudinal veins. Flower clusters in globular heads sometimes concealed within the leaves, creamy pink darkening to reddish; winter to spring. Flowers 0.5 cm long, hairless. Fruits about 2.5 cm long, compressed, shortly beaked.

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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.