ON THIS PLANT
Allocasuarina pusilla, commonly known as heath oak-bush or dwarf sheoak, 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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Allocasuarina
- Family
- Casuarinaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Dwarf she-oak