Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron (L.) Druce

A prostrate or rarely suberect shrub to 0.0 cm in height, stems trailing along the ground and forming mats 0.5-1.5 m in diam., stems arising from a stout, underground, persistent rootstock. Flowering stems 2.0-4.0 mm in diam., pubescent with a fine grey crisped indumentum, glabrescent or glabrous. Leaves secund; linear canaliculate to narrowly oblanceolate or narrowly cuneate, 4.0-3.0 cm long, 0.2-1.5 cm wide, apex with 2-4 reddish teeth, occasionally entire; pubescent with a short grey indumentum of fine crisped hairs, occasionally becoming glabrescent to glabrous, or bright green and quite glabrous. Inflorescences depressed globose, 3.0-4.0 cm in diam.; pedunculate, peduncle 3.0-5.0 cm long; arising in groups of up to 4, generally at right angles to stem. Involucral receptacle conic acute, 1.5 cm long, 0.7-1.0 cm wide. Involucral bracts very broadly ovate acute, 4.0-6.0 mm long, 5.0-7.0 mm wide, closely adpressed imbricate, cartilaginous, glabrescent to softly tomentose. Bracteoles broadly obtrullate to ovate, acute, 7.0 mm long, 5.0 mm wide, cartilaginous, very thickly lanate proximally, pilose distally. Perianth 2.0-2.2 cm long, tubular, slightly adaxially curved in bud; bright yellow. Perianth tube 1.0 cm long, minutely pilose but glabrous adaxially. Perianth claws strongly coiled at anthesis; the 3 adaxial claws united into a sheath, glabrous, but pilose along sheath margins; abaxial claw pilose. Perianth limbs narrowly lanceolate acute, 3.0 mm long, the 3 abaxial limbs villous, adaxial limb glabrescent. Style 2.0-2.6 cm long, slender, straight or very slightly adaxially curved; yellow. Pollen presenter clavate obtuse 1.5-2.0 mm long, stigmatic groove terminal. Hypogynous scales subulate linear, 1.0 mm long, or absent.