The lowest involucral bracts around the bases of Protea repens buds and flowerhead in picture are fringed dark and hard, accentuating shape and overlap. They continue in gradual elongation up the light greenish cone that curves in very slightly near its tip. There are no rims on the upper bracts.
The styles with pollen presenter and later stigma tips are as long as the inner involucral bracts of the inverted cone of the open flowerhead. The "reclosed" old flowerhead in the background is dark, coloured grey, brown and black. The long wait for the seeds residing safely inside the cone continues until the next fire. Release and dispersal may happen after many years.
The particularly narrow leaves on this plant taper gradually to their bases. The leaf midribs are prominent and cream coloured, while some upper stem parts have a tinge of orange (Manning, 2007).