Large shrub or small tree with attractive peeling brown bark. Leaves narrowly elliptic to lanceolate, mostly 5-10 cm long, up to 2 cm wide, lateral veins obscure. Flower clusters axillary, of 4-9 flowers. Flowers white, hairless, fragrant; spring. Fruit single or paired, roundish, about 2 cm long and wide with large blunt-tipped warts and an upturned beak. Syn. H. saligna (Andr.) Knight.

A compact form with narrow leaves 2-4 mm wide is used for screening.

Qld, NSW.

VIC: Balwyn (Maranoa Gds).

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.