Protea petiolaris (Hiern) Baker & C.H.Wright

Tree up to 8 m. high with a well-developed trunk, or rarely a robust shrub to small tree 2-3 m. high.. Young branches glabrous to tomentose, later flaking off to reveal a brown cortex.. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate to linear-oblanceolate, often falcate, (8-)10-16(-18) × l-3(-4) cm., 4-13 times as long as broad, tapered from the upper half to a very narrow base or often distinctly petiolate, subacute to rounded at the apex, glabrous or spreading pubescent on base of lamina or petiole, usually bright red when young.. Heads 6-10(-12) cm. in diameter, the bracts not reflexed.. Middle bracts 1-3 × l-2(-2.3) cm., obtuse to rounded, appressed pubescent in the lower part but glabrous in the upper part, green to reddish brown or pink; inner bracts 3.5-6(-7) × 0.4-1.2 cm., linear-oblong or broader at the tip, usually exceeding the flowers, usually greenish cream with a pink tip.. Flowers 3-5(-5.5) cm., creamy white to pink.. Perianth-base glabrous except inside the upper part of its margin; claw glabrous outside, glabrous or hairy inside; limb (10-)12-20 mm., glabrous or covered with sparse ascending hairs when young or with a tuft of dense hairs at the tip.. Style glabrous.