Erect shrub to 4 m or more tall. Leaves narrowly linear, to 15 cm or more long, 4 mm wide, hairless, wide-spread, twisted at the base, with 1-3 prominent longitudinal veins. Flower clusters of 6-18 flowers. Flowers creamy white, hairless; late winter to early spring. Fruit ovoid,1.5-2.5 cm long, with a short beak.

NSW, Vic, Tas.

H. repullulans differs in being lignotuberous and in having shorter leaves with distinctly twisted petioles.

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.