Allocasuarina ramosissima

Allocasuarina ramosissima is a species of flowering plant in the family Casuarinaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dioecious shrub with its leaves reduced to overlapping scales in whorls of five, the mature fruiting cones sessile and 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) long, containing winged seeds 4.5–5.0 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long.

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Allocasuarina ramosissima is a dioecious, somewhat divaricate shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.2 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 11 in). Its branchlets are erect 10–60 mm (0.39–2.36 in) long, the leaves reduced to overlapping scale-like teeth 0.6–1.3 mm (0.024–0.051 in) long, arranged in whorls of five around the needle-like branchlets. The sections of branchlet between the leaf whorls are mostly 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long and 0.6–1 mm (0.024–0.039 in) wide. Male flowers are arranged in spike-like heads 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long, the anthers 0.6–0.7 mm (0.024–0.028 in) long. Female cones are sessile, the mature cones 9–13 mm (0.35–0.51 in) long and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) in diameter, containing dark brown winged seeds 4.5–5.0 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long.