"leucadendron salignum" is an evergreen, stiff, upright shrub of up to high, with soft, silky hairs pressed against the branches, with variable leaf sizes and bract colour.. its rigid but rather thin leathery leaves are oblong linear or lance-shaped linear, long, wide, gradually pointy or with the midrib extended in a pointy tip, with soft, silky hairs pressed against the leaf surface. like in all species of "leucadendron", the male and female flower heads are on different plants.