Protea aurea subsp. potbergensis (Rourke) Rourke

Shrub or small tree to 4 m. Leaves ovate to broadly ovate, cordate at base, velutinous at first, becoming glabrous about a year later; margins thickly ciliate; lower leaves 60-90 mm long, 45-65 mm wide, decreasing in size towards shoot apex to 35 mm long and 25 mm wide. Style 110-130 mm long. Flowering commences in April, reaches a peak in May and June and continues until July.