Tree to 25 m tall, with a dense, round crown. Bark purplish brown, persistent, broken into narrow flat plates and pale brown fissures. Resting buds ovoid, 8-10 mm long, pale brown, non-resinous, with fringed, apically reflexed, persistent scales. Leaves in bundles of 2, 10-15 cm long, finely toothed, with 6 or more external and medial resin canals, dull, grey-green; basal sheath 6-10 mm long. Female cones ovoid-conical, sessile or almost so, erect or spreading, not pendulous, symmetrical, 5-11 cm long, often persisting for 1-several years after maturity; scales obovate, not spinose. Seeds with a well-developed wing.
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A pine tree. The leaves are longer and thicker than Pinus halepensis.
Relatively open conifer forests, sometimes in pure stands, open mixed woodland with other drought tolerant trees; at elevations from near sea level to 1,500 metres.
Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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