Leucospermum glabrum E.Phillips

An erect, rounded shrub to 2.5 m in height, with a single main stem at base, trunk to 0.0 cm in diam., bark reddish brown. Flowering stems erect, woody, 5.0-0.0 cm in diam., pilose at first, soon glabrous. Leaves subsessile, loosely ascending, obovate to very broadly obovate, cuneate at base, 8.0-2.0 cm long, 3.0-5.0 cm broad; glabrous, bright green in live state, with 7-14 teeth at apex. Inflorescences ovoid, 7.0-9.0 cm in diam., subsessile, usually solitary occasionally 2-3 nate. Involucral receptacle conic, 4.5 cm long, 1.3 cm wide. Involucral bracts ovate, 9.0 mm long, 6.0 mm wide, with a recurved acuminate apex; tightly adpressed imbricate, cartilaginous, tomentose. Bracteoles obtrullate, 1.5 cm long, 1.0 cm wide, apex caudate-acuminate, strongly recurved, margins ciliate, adaxial surface deep carmine in fresh state; cartilaginous, densely lanate proximally tomentose distally. Perianth 3.5 cm long, bright orange to carmine. Perianth tube 0.0 mm long, glabrous. Perianth claws bright crimson on inner surface; the abaxial claw sparsely villous, the three adaxial claws set with a dense, short indumentum of crisped hairs. Perianth limbs narrowly elliptic, acute, abaxial limb densely villous, the 3 adaxial claws sparsely villous. Style 5.0-6.0 cm long, stout (2.0-3.0 mm in diam.), slightly arcuate adaxially. Pollen presenter conic, acute 6.0 mm long, 3.0 mm wide, stigmatic groove terminal. Hypogynous scales deltoid 1.5 mm long, ivory to cream. Flowering takes place from August to October.