Mostly erect shrub to about 3 m tall. Leaves 1-1.5 cm long, appearing formal and symmetrical in 2 rows, covered with silver hair. Flowers crimson, in terminal spikes about 3-5 cm long, anthers yellow; spring. Fruits in dense clusters.

SW WA.

A highly ornamental shrub distinguished from R. ciliata and R. megacephala by the spectacular silvery foliage and fiery crimson flowers.

Source: Spencer, R. (2002). Myrtaceae. 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.