Tree to 25 m tall, fire tolerant. Bark roughly tessellated. Stems pubescent and pilose, glabrescent, pale brown. Leaves in whorls of 3-5; petiole 4-10 mm long; lamina narrowly obovate to narrowly elliptic, 4-20 cm long, 10-26 mm wide, obtuse or emarginate; margins not or slightly recurved, entire; upper surface dull green, pubescent, glabrescent; lower surface closely white-woolly. Inflorescence 5-12 cm long; involucral bracts 2-10 mm long, tomentose. Flowers pale yellow, including styles. Perianth 22-25 mm long including limb of 3.5-4.5 mm, closely pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Pistil straight or slightly curved, 27-32 mm long, glabrous; pollen presenter 0.5-1 mm long, scarcely thickened. Old flowers soon falling. Follicles up to c. 60, narrowly elliptic, 7-15 mm long, 3-10 mm high, 3-6 mm wide; valves semi-elliptic, smooth, tomentose, glabrescent. Seed obovate, 10-20 mm long; seed body ±cuneate, 6-10 mm long, ±smooth.
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A medium sized tree. It grows to about 15-25 m tall. It spreads 2-10 m wide. The leaves are dull green above and silvery below. They can be 20 cm long. The young leaves have teeth along the edge while older leaves have smooth edges. The flowers are pale yellow on flower heads up to 15 cm long. Several different varieties of this plant occur. The fruit are silvery-grey cones with seed sacs which stick out the side.
It is a warm temperate to subtropical plant. It grows along the coast. It grows on sand dunes. It is hardy and resistant to salt spray. It can grow from tropical to temperate climates. It needs moist well drained soil or dry soil. It can tolerate light frosts. It suits hardiness zones 8-11. Melbourne Botanical Gardens. Tasmania Herbarium. Arboretum Tasmania.
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Basalt and red sand areas, usually by the coast but also found at higher elevations where it can be very gnarled and stunted. Usually on coastal sand dunes and by inlets.
Basalt and red sand areas, usually by the coast but also found at higher elevations where it can be very gnarled and stunted. Usually on coastal sand dunes and by inlets.
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