Common Names
Tamin or Bruce cypress-pine (Silba 1986).Taxonomic notes
Syn: A. pyramidalis var. arenarius (Gardner) Silba 1984 (Farjon 1998). Type: near Tammin, Western Australia, Nov-1920, C.A.Gardner 610; holo: PERTH (Hill 1998).Description
Shrub or small tree to 5 m. tall. Branches spreading; branchlets short, nearly triangular in the cross-section. Juvenile leaves glaucous. Adult leaves in 3's, ovate, acute, spreading, loosely imbricate, scale-like, slightly keeled, to 12 mm long, glaucous or grey-green. Male cones cylindrical, 3-5 mm long, 1.5-2 mm diam, with 16-18 ovate or rounded scales narrowing in the center to a point. Female cones globular-conical, acute, 15-20 mm long, 15-20 mm diam., glaucous when young; scales 6, acute, erect, slightly spreading when open, not apically hooked. Seeds tan or yellowish-brown, 6-11 mm. long, 2-3 winged, wings 1-2 mm. wide, hilium 2 mm. long. Cotyledons 2, rarely 3, blue-green, 9-14 mm. long by 1.5-2 mm. wide, stem thin, apex oval and bluntly acute (Silba 1986, Hill 1998).Range
Western Australia: "Endemic and locally abundant in sandy soil or sandplain, from around Shark Bay south to the Wongan Hills district, south-western WA." Cited collections (presumably wild plants) include: 14.4 km E of Hiscox-Kialoch road on Marchagee road; 1 mile N of Watheroo; 44 miles S of Wannoo; and Kalbarri road near turnoff to Murchison Gorge (Hill 1998).Big Tree
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See Also
Blackall, W.E. and B.J. Grieve. 1954. How to Know W. Austral. Wildflowers. 1: 6, as A. p. vammophila (Illustrations).
Farjon (2005) provides a detailed account, with illustrations.
Gardner, C.A. 1964. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 47: 54.
Krussmann, G. 1985. Manual of Cultivated Conifers 2nd edition, 47, fig. 15 (Illustration).
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