Family: Cupressaceae
Callitris canescens
Citation:
S.T. Blake, Proc. R. Soc. Qld 70:39 (1959).
Synonymy: Frenela canescens Pad. in A. DC., Prod. 16, 2:448 (1868); C. morrisonii R. Baker, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 31:717 (1907); C. drummondii sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 45 (1943).
Common name: Scrubby cypress-pine.
Description:
Shrub or small tree to 5 m high, occasionally a prostrate shrub; leaves light-green, abaxial surface rounded. Peduncle 0.2-0.7 cm wide, 0.2-1.6 cm long.
Cones single or in groups of 2 or more, subglobose, 1.3-1.9 cm wide, 1.1-1.7 cm long, dorsal surface smooth or coarsely rugose; dorsal point inconspicuous; columella simple.
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Image source: fig. 49 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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Found in mallee open scrub; favours calcareous soils.
W.Aust.
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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
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Biology:
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Author:
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