Erect shrub to 4 m or so tall. Leaves to about 20 cm long, 12 cm wide, crowded, leathery. Lower leaves broad, orange-red, margins undulate and with sharp teeth. Upper leaves towards the stem tip, becoming narrower, cream, yellow and cream. Flower clusters concealed within the leaves, cream to pink; winter to early spring. Flowers about 1 cm long with a style over 2 cm long. Fruits about 2.5 cm long, rough.

Spectacular foliage plant.

WA.

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.