Allocasuarina distyla (Vent.) L.A.S.Johnson

Dioecious shrub 1-3 m high. Bark mainly smooth. Branchlets ascending, to 35 cm long; articles smooth, 10-20 mm long, 0.8-1.5 mm diam. occasionally waxy, pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia angular to rounded, occasionally sparsely and minutely pubescent; teeth 6-8, erect, slightly overlapping at least when young, 0.5-1.2 mm long, occasionally marcescent. Male spikes occasionally moniliform, 1.5-5 (rarely to 9) cm long, 4.5-6.5 whorls per cm; bracteoles persistent; anther 0.8-1.3 mm long. Cones long-cylindrical, often with sterile apex to 12 mm long; peduncle 2-15 mm long, rarely to 32 mm long and 2-4 mm diam.; cone body 13-35 (rarely to 50) mm long, 11-22 mm diam.; bracteoles obtuse to truncate, pyramidal protuberance shorter than bracteole body. Samara 4-8 mm long, very dark brown to black.

It is a temperate plant. It grows near the coast.

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.