Dioecious shrub c. 1.5 m high. Branchlets ascending, to 12 cm long; articles 17-28 mm long, 0.9-1.2 mm diam., smooth, shortly pubescent in furrows; phyllichnia slightly rounded; teeth 10-12, erect to slightly spreading, 0.6-1 mm long, marcescent. Males unknown. Cones subglobose, tessellated, sessile; cone body 15-17 mm long, 13-15 mm diam.; bracts inconspicuous; bracteoles with obtuse apex, divided into 3 obtuse bodies surmounted by a tiny mucro. Samara 6.0-6.5 mm long, mid-brown.
Found in dense scrub with A. campestris , at the foot of a steep slope (J.S.Beard, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 93: 264 (1969)).
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