Allocasuarina crassa

Allocasuarina crassa
In Royal Botanic Gardens, Cranbourne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. crassa
Binomial name
Allocasuarina crassa
Occurrence data from AVH

Allocasuarina crassa, commonly known as Cape Pillar sheoak,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to a small area in far south-eastern Tasmania. It is a low shrub to small tree that is monoecious or dioecious, with spreading to erect branchlets up to 170 mm (6.7 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of seven to ten, the fruiting cones 15–34 mm (0.6–1 in) long containing winged seeds (samaras) 5–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long.

  1. ^ "Allocasuarina crassa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  2. ^ "Allocasuarina crassa". Tasmanian Government Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Retrieved 18 May 2023.