Tree to 25 m tall. Bark dark grey, deeply furrowed. Winter buds 10–25 mm long, resinous; scales closely appressed. Leaves in pairs, 8–15 cm long, grey-green. Female cones solitary or in clusters of 2–5, sessile or shortly stalked, glossy, red-brown, asymmetrically ovoid, 4–9 cm long, persistent, often serotinous; exposed portion of scale rounded with stout distal spine. Seed with a well-developed wing.
CVU, OtR. Native to California, USA. This pine has escaped from a nearby plantation in the Otway Ranges.
