Erect shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves to about 5.5 cm long in female plants, 4 cm long in males, 3-4 mm wide, linear-oblanceolate, twisted at the base, leathery, slightly sickleshaped. Female flower heads about 1.6 cm wide, basal bracts enclosing the head.

S Africa (Cape).

Tall shrub with linear-oblanceolate leaves tapering evenly to the base, bract leaves absent.

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.