Allocasuarina brachystachya L.A.S.Johnson

Similar to Allocasuarina paludosa. Usually monoecious shrub to 3 m high. Branchlets ascending, to 7 cm long; articles 2–5 mm long, 0.4–0.7 mm diam., usually minutely pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia often with median groove near base of article, occasionally along whole length; teeth 5–7, erect, 0.2–0.5 mm long. Male spikes occasionally moniliform, 5–17 mm long, 9–16 whorls per cm; anther 0.3–0.6 mm long. Cones on peduncle 2–4 mm long; cone body 7–14 mm long, 5–8 mm diam. Samara 2.5–4 mm long.

Grows in low open woodland in low-nutrient sandy soil.