Trailing shrub to about 40 cm tall. Leaves narrow, linear, 6-12 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, appearing to be on 1 side of the stem. Flower head 5-8 cm long, 3-6 cm wide; winter. Bracts mostly reddish brown, with mass of flowers white.

S Africa (Cape).

Trailing habit with narrow leaves and flowers in winter.

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.