Allocasuarina drummondiana facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Allocasuarina drummondiana |
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Allocasuarina
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drummondiana
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The Allocasuarina drummondiana is a type of shrub. It belongs to the Allocasuarina plant family. This plant is native to the Wheatbelt area of Western Australia.
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About the Allocasuarina drummondiana
This plant is a shrub with many branches. It usually grows to be about 0.5 to 3 meters (1.6 to 9.8 feet) tall.
What Does It Look Like?
The Allocasuarina drummondiana produces red-brown flowers. These flowers bloom between July and September.
Where Does It Grow?
You can find this shrub growing in sandy or gravelly soils. It often grows in a type of soil called lateritic soil. This kind of soil is rich in iron and aluminum.
How Was It Discovered?
The Allocasuarina drummondiana has an interesting history. It was first described in 1848. A botanist named Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel gave it the name Casuarina drummondiana. He wrote about it in his work, Revisio critica Casuarinarum.
Later, in 1982, another botanist changed its name. Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson reclassified it into the Allocasuarina group. This happened during his work on sheoaks, which he published in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.
