Leucospermum praemorsum H.Buek ex Meisn.

Large shrubs or small trees to 5.0 m in height, 7.0 m in diam., with a single stout trunk to 0.0 cm in diam. branching at 0.0 cm from ground level. Bark smooth, grey. Flowering stems rigid, erect, 5.0-7.0 mm in diam., villous-cinereous at first, soon glabrous. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, 7.0-8.0 cm long, 1.5-2.0 cm broad, glabrous; tapering to a distinct petiole up to 2.0 cm long, villous-arachnoid at base; apex truncate, praemorse, with 3-5 teeth, slightly undulate. Inflorescence broadly obconical depressed on opening, 7.0 cm in diam., becoming narrowly obconical after pollination; pedunculate, peduncle 0.75-1.0 cm long. Involucral receptacle conic depressed, acute 2.0 cm long, 1.5 cm wide. Involucral bracts loosely arranged, narrowly lanceolate-linear, drawn out into a long acuminate apex, up to 2.0 cm in length, somewhat incurved; cinereous, beset with long spreading, silky trichomes; pinkish-grey in live state. Bracteoles oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate, outer surface of proximal half densely lanate; apex cinereous, beset with long spreading silky trichomes. Perianth 2.5-3.0 cm long, uniformly villous, pale carmine when fresh; strongly incurved in bud. Perianth tube 8.0 mm long, glabrous and narrowing proximally, puberulous distally. Perianth limbs narrowly lanceolate acute, shortly villous with long silky trichomes sparsely interspersed. Style 0.0-0.0 mm long, almost straight, but curved adaxially in the distal region on opening; orange at anthesis, becoming deep crimson with age. Pollen presenter ellipsoid-cylindric, 2.5 mm long, 0.75 mm wide, greenish; stigmatic groove terminal. Hypogynous scales 3.0 mm long subulate, pale yellow. Inflorescences are produced erratically throughout the year (particularly on old senescent plants), although the peak of the flowering period appears to be from July to December.