GENERAL APPEARANCE: Bushy with a compact head; branches horizontal or drooping, and in some conditions retained to the ground; foliage bluish green and dense. MATURE HEIGHT: 50 to 80ft. BARK: Reddish brown with scaly ridges; not quite as coarse as that of P. radiata. NEEDLES: In pairs, crowded together closely; 3 to Bin. long, stiff, but not as sharply pointed as those of P. radiata. MATURE CONES: Grey with short stalks; oblique but not symmetrical, with sharp prickles on the scales; 2 to 3in. long, l 1\2 to 2 1\2in. in diameter; persist on the tree. SEEDS: Dark brown; smaller and with a smoother surface than those of P. radiata; 1\4in. long with a wing 4 to I in. long.

New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 81, Issue 6, 15 December 1950, Page 536

GENERAL APPEARANCE: Bushy with a compact head; branches horizontal or drooping, and in some conditions retained to the ground; foliage bluish green and dense. MATURE HEIGHT: 50 to 80ft. BARK: Reddish brown with scaly ridges; not quite as coarse as that of P. radiata. NEEDLES: In pairs, crowded together closely; 3 to Bin. long, stiff, but not as sharply pointed as those of P. radiata. MATURE CONES: Grey with short stalks; oblique but not symmetrical, with sharp prickles on the scales; 2 to 3in. long, l 1\2 to 2 1\2in. in diameter; persist on the tree. SEEDS: Dark brown; smaller and with a smoother surface than those of P. radiata; 1\4in. long with a wing 4 to I in. long.