Allocasuarina pusilla

Allocasuarina pusilla
In Wyperfeld National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Casuarinaceae
Genus: Allocasuarina
Species:
A. pusilla
Binomial name
Allocasuarina pusilla
Occurrence data from AVH

Allocasuarina pusilla, commonly known as heath oak-bush[2] or dwarf sheoak,[3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading, dioecious shrub with branchlets up to 120 mm (4.7 in) long, the leaves reduced to scales in whorls of five to seven, the fruiting cones 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long containing winged seeds about 5 mm (0.20 in) long.

  1. ^ "Allocasuarina pusilla". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Allocasuarina pusilla (Casuarinaceae)". South Australian Seed Conservation Service. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  3. ^ Entwisle, Timothy J.; Stajsic, Val. "Allocasuarina pusilla". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 4 August 2023.