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Allocasuarina eriochlamys
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A. eriochlamys subsp. grossa
Scientific classification
Genus:
Allocasuarina
Species:
eriochlamys
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Occurrence data from AVH

Allocasuarina eriochlamys is a shrub of the genus Allocasuarina native to the Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia.

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3 to 10 ft). It flowers from April to May and is found in a variety of soils.

There are two recognised subspecies:

  • Allocasuarina eriochlamys subsp. eriochlamys
  • Allocasuarina eriochlamys subsp. grossa

The species was first described by the botanist Lawrence Alexander Sidney Johnson in 1989 in the work Casuarinaceae. Flora of Australia.

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