Leucospermum gueinzii Meisn.

Stout erect shrub 2.0-3.0 m in height, with a single main stem; branches erect, ascending. Flowering stems 6.0-9.0 mm in diam., covered with a dense indumentum of fine crisped hairs interspersed with long erect trichomes. Leaves lanceolate acute, 7.5-0.0 cm long, 3.0-3.0 cm wide; usually entire, rarely with 2, 3 or 4 teeth at apex; glabrous but occasionally minutely puberulous at first; sessile, ascending imbricate; bright green when fresh. Inflorescences ovoid on opening, depressed ovoid when mature, 0.0-4.0 cm in diam., usually solitary, occasionally in groups of up to 3; pedunculate, peduncle to 1.0 cm long. Involucral receptacle narrowly conic acute, 4.0-4.5 cm long, 1.0-1.2 cm wide. Involucral bracts broadly ovate acute, the innermost whorl becoming acuminate; 1.5-2.4 cm long, 0.5-0.8 cm wide; cartilaginous proximally becoming brown and membranaceous distally, margins densely ciliate, apices usually crinite. Bracteoles lanceolate acuminate 2.5-3.0 cm long, 0.5-0.9 cm wide, cartilaginous, thickly lanate proximally, apex minutely crinite, margins ciliate. Perianth 5.5-6.0 cm long, greenish yellow proximally, amber distally. Perianth tube 7.0 mm long, glabrous, narrowed proximally, adaxially ventricose distally. Perianth claws sparsely sericeous with a few straight erect trichomes; becoming sigmoidly recurved subterminally. Perianth limbs very narrowly lanceolate acute, 1.0 cm long, 0.2 cm wide, beset with a shaggy indumentum interspersed with long, slender trichomes; apex crinite. Style 7.0-7.5 cm long, tapering and becoming sharply curved abaxially in the subterminal region; deep orange. Pollen presenter 0.8-1.0 cm long, cylindric acute, pointing abaxially; stigmatic groove terminal. Hypogynous scales subulate, 3.0 mm long, ivory. Flowering takes place from August to December. On opening, the perianth and style are deep orange but become bright crimson with age.