Shrub to 1 m tall. Leaves cylindrical, on male plants 8 mm long, 1 mm wide, on females 2.2 cm long and just over 1mm wide, more crowded and bent back towards the flower heads. Female flower heads 2 cm long, floral bracts united at the base and arranged in 3 spirals.

S Africa (Cape).

Small cylindrical leaves and numerous small-stalked flower heads.

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.