Australian shrub or tree of the family Proteaceae, including the crimson-flowered Telopea speciosissima, floral emblem of New South Wales.
1. Straggling shrub with narrow leaves and conspicuous red flowers in dense globular racemes; SYN. Telopea speciosissima.
2. Tall shrub of eastern Australia having obolanceolate to obovate leaves and red flowes in compact racemes; SYN. Telopea Oreades.