Shrub to about 2 m tall. Leaves to about 5 cm long, 2 mm wide, cylindrical, stiff, sharply pointed. Flower clusters both terminal and axillary, white to pink or reddish; winter to early spring. Flowers about 1 cm long with style to about 2 cm long. Fruit to 3 cm long, warty and with a horn at the tip.

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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.