Citation: L. Johnson, J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 6:75 (1982).

Synonymy: Casuarina helmsii Ewart & M. Gordon, Proc. R. Soc. Vic. 32:192 (1920); C. , Casuarina humilis

Common name: None

Description:
Dioecious shrub 1-3 m high; articles terete, smooth, waxy, 3-6 mm long, 0.7-0.9 mm diam.; phyllichnia more or less flat; teeth 5 or 6, pale, erect, 0.3-0.5 mm long.

male spikes 4-15 mm long, slender, 9-11 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anthers red-brown, c. 0.7 mm long; cone sessile or on a short peduncle to 4 mm long, long-cylindrical, 1.7-2.5 cm long, 12-18 mm diam.

Fruiting bracteoles truncate, tuberculate, with a dorsal protuberance divided into several tubercles almost level with the scalloped ends of the bracteoles.

Image source: fig. 54b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  Often on lower slopes of low dunes. S.Aust.: NW, GT, EP.   W.Aust. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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