Pinus canariensis

Tree to 30 m tall. Bark reddish-brown, thick, partially shedding in round scales. Winter buds 15–40 mm long, not resinous; scales deciduous, deeply fringed and recurved. Leaves in clusters of 3, 15–30 mm long, glossy, subglaucous when young, becoming pale green. Female cones solitary, shortly stalked, pendulous, dull brown, narrowly conical to cylindrical, 10–22 cm long, persistent; exposed portion of scale rounded with prominent dorsal point. Seed with a well-developed wing.