Shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves 3-lobed or pinnate, about 3.5 cm long, stiff, tip sharply pointed. Flower clusters spherical, terminal, solitary, 4-5 cm wide. Flowers 2.5-3 cm long, pink to reddish pink, hairless except for at the tips of the segments; late winter to early spring. Fruiting cones to about 3 cm wide. Syn. I. roseus Lindl.

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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.