Allocasuarina glareicola L.A.S.Johnson APNI*
Description: Dioecious or monoecious depauperate shrub 1–2 m high.
Branchlets to 20 cm long; articles 5–11 mm long, 0.5–0.7 mm diam.; teeth 5–7, erect to slightly spreading, not withering, 0.2–0.5 mm long.
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Cones on peduncle 4–7 mm long; cone body 10–13 mm long, 7–8 mm diam.; bracteoles broad-acute to obtuse with tiny mucro, protuberance much shorter than bracteole body. Samara 3.0–3.5 mm long
Distribution and occurrence: Restricted to a few small populations in and near Castlereagh State Forest, NE of Penrith. In open forest on lateritic soil.
NSW subdivisions: CC
Threatened species: NSW BCA: Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Endangered
Text by K. L. Wilson & L. A. S. Johnson (1993); edited KL Wilson (Feb 2017) Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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