"leucospermum truncatum" is a rounded, upright, well-branched shrub of up to 2 m (6 ft) high, with a single main stem at its foot, covered in minute soft crinkly hairs. its simple long spade-shaped leaves are set alternately, have a squared-off end, mostly with three (sometimes non, five or seven) blunt teeth with a rounded bony tip, long, and wide. the flowering stems are stiffly upright and ½ cm (0.2 in) in diameter.