The display between August and November is remarkable for the high standing flowers occurring in urban and coastal regions.

The species is widely distributed throughout the Southwest Australian biogeographic regions, preferring white, yellow or grey sand, or sandy loam.

The occurrence is confirmed in the northernmost part of its range in the Geraldton Sandplains and the Swan Coastal Plain near Perth.

Extensive records also exist of occurrence in Jarrah Forest and Warren region to the south, but not reaching the southern coasts.

Cultivars include: In temperate regions this plant is either grown under glass or outdoors with the winter protection of a mulch.

The blazon reads: And for Crest: On a Wreath Or and Sable The Royal Crown between two Kangaroo Paw (Anigosanthos [sic] Manglesii) flowers slipped proper.

[4] In 1968 another stamp issue, designed by Nell Wilson, showed the red and green kangaroo paw as part of a series on state floral emblems.