Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves cylindrical, either entire or each divided into 2-4 pointed hairless segments about 1.5 mm wide. Flower clusters axillary. Flowers reddish purple, hairless with style 2-3 cm long; spring. Fruit ovoid, 3-4 cm long, not or hardly beaked.

Qld, NSW.

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.