This native of southwestern Australia does not occur in the wild in North America.
It prefers sandy soils high in granite, laterite, or quartzite clay.
Plants: This shrub
is 12-59″ (30-150 cm) high.
Leaves: Evergreen leaves are thin and cylindrical—needle-like—and
covered with fuzz.
Flowers: Flowers are bright red, forming clusters of brush-like
sprays. Each spray is about 1″ (2.5 cm) long, and has five petals, five hairy sepals, and
five bundles of stamens. The flowers are vaguely clawlike in appearance.
They appear from March to December.
Fruits: Woody, approximately globular clusters
with two thickened lobes on top.