In middle life, thick trunk is topped with umbrella form of many branches. In old age, broad and flat-topped. Needles in twos, 5-8 inches in length. Bright to gray-green, stiff. Decorative pine cones give abundant crop of pignolias.
Cones are glossy, chestnut brown.
This is the pine of Rome and of Renaissance paintings. Plants are sold as miniature Christmas trees and are ornamental.