Shrub to 3 m tall. Leaves stiff, 5-10 cm long, divided into many wide-spreading, sharply pointed segments. Flower clusters ovoid, terminal and solitary, occasionally 3 at the tip of the branchlet, 2-2.5 cm long. Flowers to about 1.5 cm long, creamyellow and covered with silky hair; almost year round. Fruiting cones ovoid, to 3.5 cm long.

NSW.

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.